Introduction

Welcome to the fascinating world of testing!

Who should read this book

Perl developers who know that they should test their software, but just don’t know how to do it.

What this book is about

This book teaches you how to test your Perl modules and applications in an automated fashion. It does this in a practical way with just about enough theory to get started. In addition to that, you’ll learn why you should test software, but of course you know that already.

What this book is not about

We don’t teach you all the testing theory there is. If you’re preparing for an ISTQB certification, this book is not for you. We don’t write about manual testing (which is of course needed aswell).