Gherkin DSL testing for C++ without using Cucumber

1. A Slice of Cucumber
Zeb Mason
at #ShefTest
on 2016/11/07

2. There are many C++ test frameworks
Aeryn CATCH-VC6 CPUnit FCTX libunittest OAKUT Symbian OS Unit Unit++ xUnit++
API Sanity
Checker cfix Criterion Fructose
Typemock
Isolator++ Opmock TBrun unit.hpp tinytest
ATF Cput crpcut
Google C++
Mocking
Framework
Microsoft Unit
Testing
Framework for
C++
Parasoft
C/C++test Tessy UnitTest++ …
Bandit CPPOCL/test CUTE Google Test Mockator QtTest TDOG upp11
Boost Test Library CppTest cutee Hestia mock++/mockcppQuickCheck++ Test soon UquoniTest
BugEye cpptest-lite CxxTest Hippomocks mockitopp QuickTest Testwell CTA++ VectorCAST/C++
QA Systems
Cantata CppUnit Embunit Igloo mockpp SafetyNet tpunit++ Visual Assert
CATCH CppUTest Exercisix lest NanoCppUnit ShortCUT Trompeloeil WinUnit
doctest CppUnitLite FakeIt liblittletest NullUnit STRIDE TUT xTests
(Source WikiPedia)

3. There are many C++ test frameworks
(Source xkcd)

4. Choose one
• Microsoft::VisualStudio::CppUnitTestFramework
• The Visual Studio standard
• Test runner built into Visual Studio
• The lazy choice

5. Re-write tests in Gherkin
• That means use Cucumber-CPP?

6. Re-write tests in Gherkin
• That means use Cucumber-CPP?
• Which means install
• cmake 2.8.12 or later.
• Boost 1.40 or later.
• GTest 1.6 or later.
• GMock 1.6 or later.
• JSON Spirit
• Cucumber-Ruby

7. Re-write tests in Gherkin
• That means use Cucumber-CPP?
• Which means install
• cmake 2.8.12 or later.
• Boost 1.40 or later.
• GTest 1.6 or later.
• GMock 1.6 or later.
• JSON Spirit
• Cucumber-Ruby
OUCH!

8. Re-write tests in Gherkin
• That means use Cucumber-CPP?
• Or just write a Python script to produce stub code…
OOH!

9. Re-write tests in Gherkin
• That means use Cucumber-CPP?
• Or just write a Python script to produce stub code from…

10. Stub code

11. Stub code

12. Stub code

13. Further reading
• http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1084071/A-Slice-of-Cucumber
• http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/1107751/Redirecting-std-clog-to-
Test-Framework-Output
• The Cucumber Book