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Out of these unit test frameworks:
Boost Test, Google Test, CppUnit, which is the easiest to use?

Posted 3-Apr-13 0:23am

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[no name] 3-Apr-13 6:54am

The one that is the easiest to use is the one that you find is the easiest to use. What I find easier might not be that same as what you find easier. So, the only person that could possibly answer this question is you.

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H.Brydon · Answer 1 · 2013-04-03T05:17:00

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Between Google and CppUnit, my preference is for CppUnit, which is easiest to configure and least intrusive to the code base (and I use it). From what I see, Google seems to have the best documentation of the 3.

[I haven't used Boost Test.]

Posted 3-Apr-13 5:17am

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Dan page 3-Apr-13 12:42pm

Hy Brydon, I will try CppUnit - have some issues building Google test.

I am using Windows XP and Microsoft Visual Studio 10. Can you please tell me
- or maybe provide links - how to install/build/run Cppunit on my machine?

Thank you.

H.Brydon 3-Apr-13 14:00pm

The official released version 1.12.1 is at http://sourceforge.net/projects/cppunit/ . If you use 1.12.2 there is a .msi installer, which you can get with svn. Create a cmd window with VS2010 environment, then:

mkdir workarea
cd workarea
svn co https://cppunit.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/cppunit/trunk cppunit1122
cd cppunit1122\cppunit
buildvs2010.bat buildmsi

This gives you the installer ("cppunit_1_12_2.msi"). Install it and delete the workarea files.

KarstenK · Answer 2 · 2013-04-03T03:34:00

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You better choose the framwork in which you are writing your code.

I would prefer boost because it is a well admired library.

Posted 3-Apr-13 3:34am

KarstenK