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Unit Testing in Linux and Multiplatform doesn't have to suck

15 points by telma1234 15y ago

wccrawford 15y ago
I haven't done any C++ in quite some time. Unit Tests would be a must-have at this point. Anyone used this and can report how well it works?
- telma1234 15y ago
  Feel free to download it and try it out http://www.typemock.com/isolatorpp-product-page http://www.typemock.com/isolatorpp-product-page
- aerique 15y ago
  I can't report on this, but assuming you need a unit test package for C++ I can tell you that UnitTest++[1] was very easy to pick up for me (after not having done any C++ for 10+ years). [1] http://unittest-cpp.sourceforge.net/ http://unittest-cpp.sourceforge.net/
sorbits 15y ago
I use CxxTest¹ but there is also GoogleTest². Neither of these suck nor are they tied to a single platform. ¹ http://cxxtest.tigris.org/ http://cxxtest.tigris.org/ ² http://code.google.com/p/googletest/ http://code.google.com/p/googletest/
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- telma1234 15y ago
  Those are great testing frameworks. Isolator++ is a mocking framework that works with any xTesting framework, such as CxxTest or GoogleTest. Why don't you download the free trial and tell what you think http://www.typemock.com/isolatorpp-product-page http://www.typemock.com/isolatorpp-product-page
Game_Ender 15y ago
The ideas here are interesting, but they are going to need much better documentation to prove to me they provide $600 worth of value. For now I will stick with Boost Test which is a simple to use cross platform C++ unit testing library, and it definitely doesn't suck: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs/test/doc/html/index.html http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs/test/doc/html/ind... EDIT: I found the better documentation: http://docs.typemock.com/Isolatorpp/Default.aspx##ippHelp.chm/introduction.htm http://docs.typemock.com/Isolatorpp/Default.aspx##ippHelp.ch... They have a seemingly magic way of hooking already existing classes allowing you to mock out methods without manual subclassing.
- telma1234 15y ago
  Absolutely. Feel free as well to try it out and blog your thoughts or some tips on how to get started http://www.typemock.com/isolatorpp-product-page http://www.typemock.com/isolatorpp-product-page

15 points by telma1234 15y ago

I haven't done any C++ in quite some time. Unit Tests would be a must-have at this point. Anyone used this and can report how well it works?

telma1234 15y ago
Feel free to download it and try it out http://www.typemock.com/isolatorpp-product-page http://www.typemock.com/isolatorpp-product-page
aerique 15y ago
I can't report on this, but assuming you need a unit test package for C++ I can tell you that UnitTest++[1] was very easy to pick up for me (after not having done any C++ for 10+ years). [1] http://unittest-cpp.sourceforge.net/ http://unittest-cpp.sourceforge.net/

sorbits 15y ago

I use CxxTest¹ but there is also GoogleTest². Neither of these suck nor are they tied to a single platform. ¹ http://cxxtest.tigris.org/ http://cxxtest.tigris.org/ ² http://code.google.com/p/googletest/ http://code.google.com/p/googletest/

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telma1234 15y ago
Those are great testing frameworks. Isolator++ is a mocking framework that works with any xTesting framework, such as CxxTest or GoogleTest. Why don't you download the free trial and tell what you think http://www.typemock.com/isolatorpp-product-page http://www.typemock.com/isolatorpp-product-page

Game_Ender 15y ago

The ideas here are interesting, but they are going to need much better documentation to prove to me they provide $600 worth of value. For now I will stick with Boost Test which is a simple to use cross platform C++ unit testing library, and it definitely doesn't suck: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs/test/doc/html/index.html http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs/test/doc/html/ind... EDIT: I found the better documentation: http://docs.typemock.com/Isolatorpp/Default.aspx##ippHelp.chm/introduction.htm http://docs.typemock.com/Isolatorpp/Default.aspx##ippHelp.ch... They have a seemingly magic way of hooking already existing classes allowing you to mock out methods without manual subclassing.

telma1234 15y ago
Absolutely. Feel free as well to try it out and blog your thoughts or some tips on how to get started http://www.typemock.com/isolatorpp-product-page http://www.typemock.com/isolatorpp-product-page