- Start with a clean directory:
/home/user/Desktop/projects/cpp/ # your project lives here
- Add your cmake file(CMakeLists.txt), your source files, and test file. The directory now looks like this:
└─cpp/
├─ CMakeLists.txt
├─ myfunctions.h
└─ mytests.cpp
- Clone and add
googletest to this directory:
└─cpp/
├─ googletest/
├─ CMakeLists.txt
├─ myfunctions.h
└─ mytests.cpp
- Open your
CMakeLists.txt and enter the following:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12) # version can be different
project(my_cpp_project) #name of your project
enable_testing() #to discover tests in test explorer
add_subdirectory(googletest) # add googletest subdirectory
include_directories(googletest/include) # this is so we can #include <gtest/gtest.h>
add_executable(mytests mytests.cpp) # add this executable
target_link_libraries(mytests PRIVATE gtest) # link google test to this executable
include(GoogleTest)
gtest_discover_tests(mytests) # discovers tests by asking the compiled test executable to enumerate its tests
- Contents of
myfunctions.h for the example:
#ifndef _ADD_H
#define _ADD_H
int add(int a, int b)
{
return a + b;
}
#endif
- Contents of
mytests.cpp for the example:
#include <gtest/gtest.h>
#include "myfunctions.h"
TEST(myfunctions, add)
{
GTEST_ASSERT_EQ(add(10, 22), 32);
}
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
}
Now you just have to run the tests. There are multiple ways to do that.
In the terminal, create a build/ dir in cpp/:
mkdir build
Your directory should now look like this:
└─cpp/
├─ build/
├─ googletest/
├─ CMakeLists.txt
├─ myfunctions.h
└─ mytests.cpp
Next go into the build directory:
cd build
Then run:
cmake ..
make
./mytests
Alternative way:
- Install the
CMake Tools extension for VS Code
- In the bottom bar, you can see the current target (in square brackets Build [mytest] and Run [mytest])you want to build / run:
- Then just click the run button.
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Building Google test itself
Using terminal:
- Go into the dir
/home/user/Desktop/projects/cpp/googletest
- Create
build/ inside it so that it looks like following:
└─cpp/googletest/
├─ build/
├─ ...other googletest files
cd build- Run:
cmake -Dgtest_build_samples=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
make -j4./googletest/sample1_unittest
Using VS-Code
- Open the
googletest folder into VS Code
- CMake extension will prompt for configuration, allow it
- You will see a
.vscode directory. Inside it is settings.json file, open it, and add the following to it:
"cmake.configureSettings": { "gtest_build_samples": "ON" }
- Build and run from the buttons in the bottom bar
