软件包: libtest-www-declare-perl (0.02-4)

declarative testing module for web apps

Often in web apps, tests are very dependent on the state set up by previous tests. If one test fails (e.g. "follow the link to the admin page") then it's likely there will be many more failures. Test::WWW::Declare aims to alleviate this problem, as well as provide a nicer interface to Test::WWW::Mechanize.

The central idea is that of "flow". Each flow is a sequence of commands ("fill in this form") and assertions ("content should contain 'testuser'"). If any of these commands or assertions fail then the flow is aborted. Only that one failure is reported to the test harness and user. Flows may also contain other flows. If an inner flow fails, then the outer flow fails as well.