Re: [cgiapp] Re: Testing CGI::Application with HTTP::Server::Simple(::CGI)

[Shawn Sorichetti <suppressed>]

On Jul 1, 2005, at 10:10 AM, Mark Stosberg wrote:

> On 2005-06-29, Shawn Sorichetti <suppressed> wrote:
>
> >      HTTP::Server::Simple is a module by Jesse Vincent. It uses only
> > modules that are included with Perl to provide a basic webserver,
> > that works really well for testing.
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1. Does this technique make it faster to run the test suite than  
> using a
>    real Apache?

HTTP::Server::Simple doesn't have any requirements other than modules  
which ship with Perl. Not having to have Apache installed for  
automated tests has made it easier for me to test on multiple  
platforms.  Not having to setup an Apache configuration test  
configuration would have to be another benefit, although I imagine  
there are times when using Apache to test may provide additional  
benefits.

I've used this technique to run 4 servers on my Thinkpad, and probed  
them with 4 WWW::Mechanize probes each. It's worked quite well. As a  
side note Test::WWW::Mechanize is now using HTTP::Server::Simple for  
it's tests, and I'll be converting WWW::Mechanize shortly.

> 2. What about customizing the port number? [ checks. ] I can answer  
> this
>    one myself: $server->port($my_personal_port_no).
>
>
>
> > # If something goes wrong, make sure to stop the HTTP server.
> > sub cleanup { kill(9,$pid) }
> > $SIG{__DIE__}=\&cleanup;
>
> Would it be better to put this in an END block? I'm not sure if this
> signal gets thrown at a normal exit. I use END blocks in test scripts
> for stuff like this and they work well.
>
> I think END blocks works whether the death is premature or not.

I'll test this out and update the code before I add it to the Wiki.

-Shawn

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Shawn Sorichetti


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