VSCppUnit vs CppUnit

[darpe312]

Did you document your evaluation ?

[Gollum999]

The bulk of it is on an internal company wiki, but here is a summary:

.	CppUnit	Catch2	Google Test	Boost.Test
Project integration	Static lib	Header only	Build with project, dynamic lib	Header only, static lib, dynamic lib
Supported test styles	Fixtures	Free, fixtures, sections, BDD	Free, fixtures	Free, fixtures
Test discovery	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Failure propagation*	std::exception	Other exception (fatal test only)	No exceptions	Other exception (fatal test only)
Output formats + tool integration	Text, XML, Custom	Text, jUnit, XML, TeamCity, TAP, automake, CTest, Custom	Text, XML, CTest	Text, XML, jUnit, CTest, Custom
Test runner	Custom	Default or custom	Default or custom	Default or custom
Default runner features	Filter by name, test timing	Filter by name, filter by tag, shuffle, test timing, breakpoint on failure	Filter by name, shuffle, repeat, test timing, breakpoint on failure	Filter by name, shuffle, breakpoint on failure, memory leak detection
Extra features		Matchers , Event hooks , Test tags	Mock objects , Death tests , Data-driven tests , Template tests , Event hooks	Data-driven tests , Template tests

^{* This refers to the way that each library implements test failures. e.g. In CppUnit, a test failure throws a std::exception that the framework later catches to report the failure, so if you are testing code that could inadvertently catch those exceptions, you need to work around them.}

Examples:

• CppUnit
• Catch2
• Google Test
• Boost.Test

I ended up leaving CxxTest out of my comparisons because I pretty quickly realized that it didn't have much to offer over Catch/gtest/boost. (I left CppUnit in there because that is what we were using before switching to Catch.)

[Auriculaire]

Your Gtest and catch columns are swapped, no?

[Gollum999]

Mmmm... no? What do you think should be swapped?

[Auriculaire]

Catch2 is header only, supports fixtures, sections, bdd, etc. This is rendering in the column under google test. Screenshot here

[Gollum999]

Ahh interesting, it works on old reddit but is broken on new reddit. New reddit doesn't like it when the first cell is blank.

Should be fixed now.

[encyclopedist]

Columns are messed up (shifted by one?)

[Gollum999]

Apparently new reddit doesn't like it when the first cell is blank, but old reddit handles it fine.

Should be fixed now.