RE: [Owasp-input-api-developers] Testing tool/framework anddevelopment platform survey

[Matt W. <wi...@ce...>]

On Sun, 2002-08-18 at 23:05, Alex Russell wrote:
> On 18 Aug 2002, Matt Wirges wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 2002-08-18 at 22:14, Alex Russell wrote:
> > I just think that perl will be the quickest 
> 
> Quickest in what sense? Let's avoid maintenience nightmares for the time
> being and do it in either Java or Python.
Nightmares in what way?

We need to iterate over a set of test data, pass them through test
applications in each lang's library, get and parse the results, then
make a report so we can identify problems.

IMO, using Java for such a simple task such as this is like writing a
formmail in C++...
> 
> > and best way to handle the
> > tests.  LWP::simple anyone? and parsing?  You'd actually consider
> > something else? ;p
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > I see no need for an elaborate java program to do all of this.  While
> > tests are important, they shouldn't require a huge investment.
> > Should they?
> 
> No, which I think is what I"m advocating. Let's get something working
> that's easily extensible, and chug with it.
> 

At any rate, we should probably be concentrating on the filters
themselves, rather than their tests.  Yes, the tests will need to be
developed while we develop the filters, but we don't even have much past
the "requirments" phase.

-- 
Matthew Wirges
Developer, CERIAS Incident Response Database
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Credo quia absurdum est.