If you’re just getting started
and want to learn more about C++ Unit Testing, check out our
tutorial
.
Here on the Visual C++ team, we want to make your unit testing experience as enjoyable as possible.
Microsoft’s
n
ative
unit t
est framework
has shipped with Visual Studio for a while, but we know
C++
developers
may wish to use other popular testing frameworks.
To give you more flexibility, we
offered
two VS
extensions
in the VS Marketplace
w
hich enabled Visual Studio’s testing tools to work with
Google Test
and
Boost.Test
unit tests
(
Test Adapter for Google Test
,
Test Adapter for Boost.Test
)
.
W
e are
excited to announce that we have streamlined this process even
further.
In addition to Native Test,
Visual Studio now
ships
with Google Test
support.
This means you can author, discover, and run
all of
your
Google Test unit
tests using Visual Studio’
s testing tools
right out of the box.
New installations of
Visual Studio
2017
version
15.5
will already have the “Test Adapter for Google Test” checkbox marked
and installed by default.
If
you’
re
upgrading from an existing Visual Studio installation,
or you unchecked the box during initial installation
,
n
o worries! Open “Visual Studio Installer”, click “Modify” on your Visual Studio 15.5 instance
,
and
check the “Test Adapter for Google Test” checkbox under “Desktop development with C++”
(shown below).
Note
: If you previously installed our “Test Adapter for Google Test” extension from the VS Marketplace, you should uninstall it to avoid conflicts.
Now comes the magic.
Build your Google Test project, and Visual Studio will automatically detect your unit tests and populate the Test Explorer Window.
Don’t see the Test Explorer Window?
Add it by going to
Test
>
Windows
>
Test Explorer
.
For more details on using Google Test and
Boost.Test
in Visual Studio, check out
our
previous blog post
.
Glorious!
What’s next?
We are working to add
Boost.Test
in-
box
.
In the meantime, feel free to keep using the
Test Adapter for Boost.Test extension
.
Talk to us
We are always working to give you the best development experiences possible. Let us know what you would like to see next
.
I
f you come across any issues, please
file them
on the
Test Adapter for Google Test
GitHub
.
Because of your
previous
feedback,
we improved our
Google Test project template
in the
New Project wizard by adding
support for all Windows SDK
s
.
Cheers
,
-Nick
