Unit Test Framework: UnitTest++

There are numerous unit test frameworks for C++ out there. The software effort that I am on uses one called UnitTest++ (aka UT++). It was designed and developed by games developers and it is open source.

The debut release post at Games From Within describes why another unit test framework, the design reasons, and its strengths & uniqueness.

UT++ practices what it preaches by being developed using test driven development (TDD) and comes with a suite of unit tests that runs automatically upon completion of the build. Not only do these tests give you confidence UT++ is installed correctly they also come in handy as developer documentation and even user examples & documentation. They are very nice examples of how one can use the framework.

UT++ is simple, lightweight, and easy to learn. If you have not used a unit test framework before then I can recommend UT++ as a place to start learning.