Re: testing xml/xslt with perl?

Maurice Mengel schrieb am 23.01.2011 um 09:49 (-0500):
> 
> Soon, I will have to write some xslt which transfers xml to xml. I did
> this before and testing for well-formedness and validity (xsd) didn't
> prevent me from building in subtle errors over time. So, I wonder if I
> should write tests this time, particularly if I should use Test::More.

If you're into Perl programming, you should definitely get acquainted
with Test::More. Real-life Perl frequently is, unfortunately, a
god-forsaken valley of hackery-hoo, and using Test::More, among other
things, is a means to get by. Use it and your skills will improve.

This is rather unrelated, however, to your present question about usage
for XML and XSLT programming. Test::* is just the infrastructure for
writing tests, and the kind of test you may wish to have is entirely
dependent on your requirements. So I'd say you need to specify those to
get more helpful replies.

You might also be interested in Schematron and RelaxNG, which are
testing and validation techniques you might have a use case for.

Best,
-- 
Michael Ludwig
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