Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Dear All,
I am a beginner in PERL testing automation. Someone guided me to use framework as it is important for me to finish this project by nearing deadline. I have scoped few frameworks and reached out for STAF for PERL. Please guide me if frameworks should be used,and if yes what all prep will be required from my side.

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Re: PERL Testing automation through STAF
by Anonymous Monk on Dec 27, 2012 at 19:32 UTC
    You should familiarize yourself with facilities like Test::Most and also systems like Selenium. You should have a very clear picture in your own mind as to how the testing process should be undertaken ... and, since you are new to the subject, that means reading. Not just here but on the web. Software testing is not an elixir; it is a process.
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Re: PERL Testing automation through STAF
by Anonymous Monk on Dec 27, 2012 at 16:49 UTC

    what all prep will be required from my side.

    You mean, like README the README for you?

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      Will be absolutely fine to have a clear vision as to how design a test automation tool and if framework should be used or not... etc.
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        I briefly looked at STAF. In my opinion, I'd go with Robot Framework.

        It's a more user and developer friendly platform. Easy to use by testers (non-developers) and has good specification on how to develop for it, and cross platform support for different languages/platforms via remote library interface.

        It's pretty complex still, but to me less complex than STAF and more clearly and well documented than STAF. Plus you don't have to deal with XML, unless you want to.

        There's already Perl support for it.
        http://code.google.com/p/plrobotremoteserver/

        http://code.google.com/p/robotframework/

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