Good software engineering practice dictates that we should always write tests for all of our modules and classes. These tests are called Unit Tests and allow us to perform regression tests every time we change a unit - so we can ensure we haven’t broken anything in the process. The problem is, it can be very time consuming and often regarded as ‘boring’ to write these tests. Thankfully, CPAN provides a number of modules to make this very easy in Perl.

In this tutorial, we go through the process of creating the simplest of test scrips and some easy extensions to make your tests more powerful.

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