SlothUnit

SlothUnit is a C++ unit testing framework that relies on reflection, implemented using code generation. It aims to be really simple to use, expressive and easy to setup. More than anything, trying to be really familiar to your usual C++ code, so you are not required to study it in-depth to be able to start using it fluently (no learning curve whatsoever!).

Current status

As of today, SlothUnit is still starting out. Only available in Visual Studio and pretty slow, there are just a few simple assertions for bools, strings, integers and floats. But it may be used for fun on some katas or in small projects where you don't need more than that :)

Setup

Usage

1. Create a new empty project in Visual Studio: Visual C++ Win32 Console Application.
2. Install the SlothUnit NuGet package in the newly created project.

You may want to install it manually, to do so check out the packaged releases. The SlothUnit folder should be located in the root of your project, and a PreBuild event should fire the x86 or x64 SlothUnit.CodeGenerator.exe with the path of your test project as the only argument. The actual VS PreBuild command is:

"$(ProjectDir)\SlothUnit\x86\SlothUnit.CodeGenerator.exe" "$(ProjectDir)\."

Development

1. Simply fork and clone the repo, the whole project is inside a Visual Studio 2015 solution.

Writing and executing tests

An example of a test would be:

#pragma once
#include "SlothUnit/SlothUnit.h"

using namespace SlothUnit;

class HappinessShould
{
public:

    Test()
    void be_over_nine_thousand()
    {
        Expect(Happiness().Level()).ToBe(9999);
    }
};

The include path has to be relative to the file location instead of using the VS additional includes since the compilation with Clang wouldn't find this VS shortcuts. At least for now it's that way.

To execute, simply remember to have your SlothUnit test project as the StartUp project, build and run/debug :)