[geos-devel] Unit Tests port

[strk at refractions.net]

I vote for C++ unit testing as well.
Boost could be a good way to go as it's maybe time to 
get boost into the dependency list for GEOS.
The shared_ptr<> template starts to get many points 
in my mind.

--strk;


On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 07:19:39PM -0800, Paul Ramsey wrote:
> My sense of cleanliness says that the unit testing framework should  
> be in the language being tested and not add build dependencies, but  
> He Who Commits to the Effort has the most say.
> 
> P
> 
> On Feb 28, 2006, at 6:26 PM, alex bodnaru wrote:
> 
> >hi,
> >
> >i have heard today of a very flexible utf written in python.
> >see http://www.testoob.org.
> >
> >alex
> >
> >Mateusz Łoskot wrote:
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I started to think about porting JTS Unit Tests to C++ for GEOS.
> >>During dynamic development Unit Tests can be very helpful, they save
> >>much time and help to track bugs/fixes lifetime, and many many more.
> >>
> >>So, first, I think it's important to choose appropriate
> >>tool - Unit-Testing Framework (UTF).
> >>There are many UTFs so I'm a bit confused which would be best ;-)
> >>I'm going to make some short research in this field but I'd like  
> >>to ask
> >>on the list if anyone has some prefered/recommended UTF and could
> >>present its pros/cons to make some comparison.
> >>
> >>My favourites are:
> >>1 - CxxTest - I have not used it, but it gots max votes in the
> >>article below
> >>http://cxxtest.sourceforge.net/
> >>
> >>2 - Boost.Test - quite complex but powerful
> >>http://www.boost.org/libs/test/doc/
> >>
> >>3 - TUT - very light and simple UTF
> >>http://tut-framework.sourceforge.net
> >>
> >>Here is interesting article exploring available UTFs
> >>(NOTE: this article is 2 years old):
> >>http://www.gamesfromwithin.com/articles/0412/000061.html
> >>
> >>Thanks for your comments!
> >>Cheers
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