# Can also do:
# use Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst "MyApp";
- use ok "Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst" => "MyApp";
+ BEGIN { use_ok("Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst" => "MyApp") }
# Create two 'user agents' to simulate two different users ('test01' & 'test02')
my $ua1 = Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst->new;
"testing database" for your test cases. One advantage to
L<Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst|Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst> is that
it runs your full application; however, this can complicate things when
-you want to support multiple databases. One solution is to allow the
+you want to support multiple databases.
+
+=head2 DATABASE CONFIG SWITCHING IN YOUR MODEL CLASS
+
+One solution is to allow the
database specification to be overridden with an environment variable.
For example, open C<lib/MyApp/Model/DB.pm> in your editor and
change the C<__PACKAGE__-E<gt>config(...> declaration to resemble:
variable defined, it will default to the same C<dbi:SQLite:myapp.db> as
before.
+=head2 DATABASE CONFIG SWITCHING USING MULTIPLE CONFIG FILES
+
+By utilizing L<Catalyst::Plugin::ConfigLoader>s functionality for loading
+multiple config files based on environment variables you can override your
+default (production) database connection settings.
+
+Setting C<$ENV{ MYAPP_CONFIG_LOCAL_SUFFIX }> to 'testing' in your test script
+results in loading of an additional config file named myapp_testing.conf after
+myapp.conf which will override any parameters in myapp.conf.
+
+You should set the environment variable in the BEGIN block of your test script
+to make sure it's set before your Catalyst application is started.
+
+The following is an example for a config and test script for a DBIx::Class
+model named MyDB and a controller named Foo:
+
+myapp_testing.conf:
+
+ <Model::MyDB>
+ <connect_info>
+ dsn dbi:SQLite:myapp.db
+ </connect_info>
+ </Model::MyDB>
+
+
+t/controller_Foo.t:
+
+ use strict;
+ use warnings;
+ use Test::More;
+
+ BEGIN {
+ $ENV{ MYAPP_CONFIG_LOCAL_SUFFIX } = 'testing';
+ }
+
+ eval "use Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst 'MyApp'";
+ plan $@
+ ? ( skip_all => 'Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst required' )
+ : ( tests => 2 );
+
+ ok( my $mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst->new, 'Created mech object' );
+
+ $mech->get_ok( 'http://localhost/foo' );
+
=head1 AUTHOR
Kennedy Clark, C<hkclark@gmail.com>
-Please report any errors, issues or suggestions to the author. The
-most recent version of the Catalyst Tutorial can be found at
+Feel free to contact the author for any errors or suggestions, but the
+best way to report issues is via the CPAN RT Bug system at
+<https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Catalyst-Manual>.
+
+The most recent version of the Catalyst Tutorial can be found at
L<http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/repos/Catalyst/Catalyst-Manual/5.80/trunk/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Tutorial/>.
-Copyright 2006-2008, Kennedy Clark, under Creative Commons License
+Copyright 2006-2010, Kennedy Clark, under the
+Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike License Version 3.0
(L<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/>).
-