If your Test Case is a package whose goal is to test all aspects of a particular class then a Test Suite is something which kicks off a collection of related Test Cases. As with most things in Perl’s Test::Unit it’s really easy to do and also terribly documented. So, without further ado… You need something to kick off all your tests: use Test::Unit::HarnessUnit; use My::Test::Suite::Package; my $testrunner = Test::Unit::HarnessUnit->new(); $testrunner->start("My::Test::Suite::Package"); Next you need the test suite it’s going to kick off:

A reader commented that …the syntax of Perl is so hideous and mysterious it produces unmaintainable code (I know having maintained a multi-tier Perl webapp). And, sadly, he’s not the only one that shares that belief. Perl has been written off by many talented developers because essentially every piece of Perl code they’ve ever encountered is, well, crap. But, when you get right down to it you’re basing your opinion of a language based on what people write with it.