I have too many drupal sites now and updating modules etc (i.e. standard tasks) start to get annoying. I wonder if there are already tools to control drupal remotely and if I should write some small scripts using WWW::Mechanize or something else.

Also, I wonder if I should write web tests for the drupal sites I am developing.

This is just an idea. Here are some links I find helpful:

• http://www.thomas-fahle.de/talks/WWW-Mechanize.pdf
• http://www.distinctquality.com/blog/2007/01/30/automated-testing-with-perl/
• http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2004/06/04/recorder.html
• http://ia360627.us.archive.org/3/items/RandalL.SchwartzPerlWebTesting/Pe...

What would be easy?

• test if site is up
• execute update.php, cron.php
• report/show drupal error messages