However I know that running tests from a child doesn't work.

What problems have you come across? What you need to do is:

For example:

use strict;
use warnings;
use Test::More 'no_plan';

my $Num_children = 3;
my $Max_tests_per_child = 5;

my $Builder = Test::More->builder;
$Builder->use_numbers( 0 );

sub pass_and_pause {
    pass( "@_" );
    sleep rand( 5 );
};

foreach my $child ( 1 .. $Num_children ) {
    my $pid = fork;
    die "fork failed ($!)\n" unless defined $pid;
    if ( $pid ) {
        diag( "forking child $child" );
    } else {
        my $first_test = $Builder->current_test;
        $Builder->no_header;
        $Builder->no_ending;
        pass_and_pause( "child $child test $_" ) 
            for ( 1 .. 1 + rand( $Max_tests_per_child ) );
        exit $Builder->current_test - $first_test;
    };
};

until ( wait == -1 ) {
    my $num_tests_child_ran = $? >> 8;
    diag "child terminated after running $num_tests_child_ran tests";
    $Builder->current_test( $Builder->current_test + $num_tests_child_
+ran );
};

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In reply to Re: Testing a Client-Server Application by adrianh
in thread Testing a Client-Server Application by dreadpiratepeter

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