Test2:...ooling(3perl) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Test2:...ooling(3perl)
NAME
Test2::Manual::Tooling - Manual page for tool authors.
DESCRIPTION
This section covers writing new tools, plugins, and other Test2
components.
TOOL TUTORIALS
FIRST TOOL
Test2::Manual::Tooling::FirstTool - Introduction to writing tools by
cloning ok().
MOVING FROM Test::Builder
Test2::Manual::Tooling::TestBuilder - This section maps Test::Builder
methods to Test2 concepts.
NESTING TOOLS
Test2::Manual::Tooling::Nesting - How to call other tools from your
tool.
TOOLS WITH SUBTESTS
Test2::Manual::Tooling::Subtest - How write tools that make use of
subtests.
TESTING YOUR TEST TOOLS
Test2::Manual::Tooling::Testing - How to write tests for your test
tools.
PLUGIN TUTORIALS
TAKING ACTION WHEN A NEW TOOL STARTS
Test2::Manual::Tooling::Plugin::ToolStarts - How to add behaviors that
occur when a tool starts work.
TAKING ACTION AFTER A TOOL IS DONE
Test2::Manual::Tooling::Plugin::ToolCompletes - How to add behaviors
that occur when a tool completes work.
TAKING ACTION AT THE END OF TESTING
Test2::Manual::Tooling::Plugin::TestingDone - How to add behaviors that
occur when testing is complete (IE done_testing, or end of test).
TAKING ACTION JUST BEFORE EXIT
Test2::Manual::Tooling::Plugin::TestExit - How to safely add pre-exit
behaviors.
WRITING A SIMPLE JSONL FORMATTER
Test2::Manual::Tooling::Formatter - How to write a custom formatter, in
our case a JSONL formatter.
WHERE TO FIND HOOKS AND APIS
global API
Test2::API is the global API. This is primarily used by plugins that
provide global behavior.
In hubs
Test2::Hub is the base class for all hubs. This is where hooks for
manipulating events, or running things at the end of testing live.
SEE ALSO
Test2::Manual - Primary index of the manual.
SOURCE
The source code repository for Test2-Manual can be found at
https://github.com/Test-More/Test2-Suite/.
MAINTAINERS
Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>
AUTHORS
Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2018 Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/
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