Test GUI applications

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

In my newly found religion of "testing to death", I've been having lots of fun with WWW:Mechanize for testing web based applications. I'm wondering whether there is a way to auto test other GUI applications using perl. I'm thinking about perl apps (such as those written in perl/tk, wxPerl, etc.), or windows applications. ( did found one node on TK: Perl/Tk and Test?, but would like to pose this more general question. Thanks.

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Re: Test GUI applications by McMahon (Chaplain) on Aug 27, 2004 at 17:44 UTC
Win32::GUITest is fun. I built this this with it.	[reply]
Re: Test GUI applications by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Aug 27, 2004 at 18:11 UTC
Most GUI applications should probably be tested using third-party test-tools. There are a number of excellent (some of which are free as in beer) tools, ranging from some open-source ones to Rational Rose. Testing anything but simplistic GUI applications, imho, is something that should really be left to the professionals. YMMV ------ We are the carpenters and bricklayers of the Information Age. Then there are Damian modules.... sigh* ... that's not about being less-lazy -- that's about being on some really good drugs -- you know, there is no spoon.* - flyingmoose I shouldn't have to say this, but any code, unless otherwise stated, is untested	[reply]