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Test::WWW::Mechanize is a subclass of WWW::Mechanize that incorporates
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features for web application testing. The Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst
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module meshes the two to allow easy testing of Catalyst applications
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without needing to starting up a web server.
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Testing web applications has always been a bit tricky, normally
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requiring starting a web server for your application and making real
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HTTP requests to it. This module allows you to test Catalyst web
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applications but does not require a server or issue HTTP requests.
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Instead, it passes the HTTP request object directly to Catalyst. Thus
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you do not need to use a real hostname: "http://localhost/" will do.
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However, this is optional. The following two lines of code do exactly
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the same thing:
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WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Test-WWW-Mechanize-Catalyst/
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