Perl CGI

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

I am using ActivePerl-5.8.8.820-MSWin32-x86-274739. I want to test a web Application like, 1.Opening a web page in browser.Eg:Google. 2.Enter the Search criteria as "Perl". I dont have Admin Privileges.However,Will I be able to do what I mentioned above? Many thanks for your replies.

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Re: Perl CGI by marto (Cardinal) on Dec 08, 2010 at 10:34 UTC
It sounds like you want to automate testing a web interface. Use a module like WWW::Mechanize (if you don't need JavaScript support) or WWW::Mechanize::Firefox (if you do need JavaScript). See Installing Modules from the tutorials section, and post back if you get stuck.	[reply]
Re: Perl CGI by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Dec 08, 2010 at 14:46 UTC
What marto said plus Test::WWW::Selenium (update: derp, probably WWW::Selenium) is available; especially for testing JS. There is an IDE for most browsers that will mostly write the tests for you as you browse through the actions: http://seleniumhq.org/projects/ide/	[reply]