Do you TDD? In C? Maybe you want to have your tests read out in a fluent fashion? Like this
Ensure(Converter, converts_XIV_to_14) {
assert_that(convert_roman_to_decimal("XIV"), is_equal_to(14));
}
And you want output like this
roman_test.c:12: Failure: Converter -> converts_XIV_to_14
Expected [convert_roman_to_decimal("XIV")] to [equal] [14]
actual value: [0]
expected value: [14]
Then Cgreen is the thing for you!
Cgreen is a modern unit test and mocking framework for C and C++. Here are some of Cgreens unique selling points:
- fast build, clean code, highly portable
- auto-discovery of tests without the abuse of static initializers or globals
- extensible without recompiling
- fluent, expressive and readable API with the same modern syntax across C and C++
- process isolation for each test preventing intermittent failures and cross-test dependencies
- built-in mocking for C, compatible with mockitopp and other C++ mocking libraries
Cgreen is hosted on GitHub. As of now there are no pre-built packages to download, so you have to download the source zip from GitHub and build it yourself.
You need the CMake build system. Most standard C/C++ compilers should work. GCC definitely does.
In the root directory run make. That will configure and build the
library and the cgreen-runner, both supporting both C and C++. See
also the documentation.
Once Cgreen is installed you can use find_package(cgreen) in your CMake
projects to get access to useful variables like ${CGREEN_LIBRARIES},
${CGREEN_EXECUTABLE} and ${CGREEN_INCLUDE_DIRS}. Version can be
specified in find_package as well. For example, in order to enforce a minimum
version of Cgreen in your project use find_package(cgreen 1.1.0)
You can read the extensive tutorial directly on GitHub.
You can also build the documentation yourself in HTML and PDF format. Generate it using Asciidoctor, which can be done using the CMake configuration. Of course you need Asciidoctor.
Navigate to the build directory. You need to add the
CGREEN_WITH_HTML_DOCS and/or CGREEN_WITH_PDF_DOCS option:
cmake -DCGREEN_WITH_HTML_DOCS:bool=ON ..
Run make. For example
cd build
cmake -DCGREEN_WITH_HTML_DOCS:bool=ON -DCGREEN_WITH_PDF_DOCS:bool=ON ..
make
Cgreen is licensed under the ISC License (http://spdx.org/licenses/ISC), sometimes known as the OpenBSD license. If there is no licence agreement with this package please download a version from the location above. You must read and accept that licence to use this software. The file is titled simply LICENSE.
What is it? It's a framework for unit testing, written in C. A tool for C developers writing tests of their own code.
If you have used JUnit, or any of the xUnit clones, you will find the concept familiar. In particular the tool supports a range of assertions, composable test suites and setup/teardown facilities. Because of the peculiarities of C programming, each test function is normally run in it's own process.
This project is very close in scope to the "Check" unit tester and was influenced by it... http://check.sourceforge.net/projects/check/
The main difference from this tool and other xUnit tools, such as "Check", is that test results are not stored. Instead they are streamed to the reporter psuedo-class, one that is easily overridden by the end user.
The other main extra feature is the support for writing mock callbacks. This includes generating sequences for return values or parameter expectations.
Feedback, queries and request should be put to the cgreen developers through https://github.com/cgreen-devs/cgreen.
This tool is basically a spin off from a research project at Wordtracker and would not have happened without the generous financial support of the Wordtracker keyword tool... http://www.wordtracker.com/
Substantial inital work by Marcus Baker marcus@lastcraft.com. Recent additions by Matt Hargett matt@use.net, Thomas Nilefalk thomas@junovagen.se, João Freitas joaohf@gmail.com and others.