Thread: Unit test for c++

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    Unit test for c++

    HI...

    Does anyone knows an unit test framework for c++? I wll use it on linux...

    Thx...

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    Search the Web and try out a few until you find one that fits your requirements. At the moment, I default to UnitTest++.
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    I wrote my own, then after chatting with a colleague discovered that I had independently re-invented something almost exactly like some other unit test framework. Something Lite I think it was.
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    I like Boost.Test a lot. But I wouldn't recommend its use without also using Boost.Build as the build system.
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    I really fell in love with CxxTest User's Guide because it's extremely lightweight and in opposite to most other frameworks very less "overhead code" is required to create tests. It accomplishes this using perl for an own preprocessor-like system, so a perl installation is required. for windows I recommend ActivePerl

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