On 4 Mar 2005, at 17:15, Michael G Schwern wrote: [snip]
There's not nearly enough references, particularly when I expect the audience
to go out and work things out on their own. I still can't think of a decent
testing book nor tutorial to recommend. Test::Tutorial leaves the reader
at a dead end without referencing further works on, say, perl.com. I don't
know the JUnit community to recommend anything there.
[snip]
I can't believe you didn't stick a reference to the perl-qa list there :-)
My personal list would probably include the following
Online:
http://del.icio.us/tag/perl+testing - delicious rocks!
www.testdriven.com
- General blog/portal/aggregator site on testing.
Mostly TDD. Some Perl occasionally.http://www.testingeducation.org/BBST/ - Really excellent online materials on testing - but has a far bigger scope than just developer written automated unit tests. For those considering testing as a career option
Offline:
I'd put these next two in the "really great books on testing" section.
Lessons Learned in Software Testing: A Context Driven Approach,
Cem Kaner, James Bach, Brett Pettichord
- Very readable book on software testing in general. A collection
of hundreds of good practices and tips. Test Driven Development, Kent Beck
- Everybody should read it. It's thin too :-)while these are just darn fine
Perl Medic, Peter Scott
- Has some nice chapters on testing. About the only Perl
book currently out there that does AFAIK. Test Driven Development: A Practical Guide, Dave Astels
- Nice intro to TDD. Covers various xUnit frameworks in
several languages (not Perl unfortunately) Pragmatic Unit Testing In Java with JUnit, Andy Hunt, Dave Thomas
- Mostly JUnit, but well written. As long as you can
read Java you should be able to take useful stuff
away from it.Cheers,
Adrian
PS "O'Reilly will have a small book soon" ?
