{"id":17065,"date":"2017-10-24T10:22:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T17:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vcblog\/?p=17065"},"modified":"2019-02-18T17:48:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T17:48:15","slug":"unit-testing-test-adapter-for-google-test-goes-in-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cppblog\/unit-testing-test-adapter-for-google-test-goes-in-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit Testing: Test Adapter for Google Test goes in-box!"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re just getting started <\/span><\/i>and want to learn more about C++ Unit Testing, check out our <\/span><\/i>tutorial<\/i><\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here on the Visual C++ team, we want to make your unit testing experience as enjoyable as possible. <\/span>Microsoft’s<\/span> <\/span>n<\/span>ative <\/span>unit t<\/span>est framework <\/span>has shipped with Visual Studio for a while, but we know <\/span>C++<\/span> <\/span>developers<\/span> <\/span>may wish to use other popular testing frameworks.<\/span> To give you more flexibility, we <\/span>offered<\/span> <\/span>two VS <\/span>extensions<\/span> in the VS Marketplace<\/span> <\/span>w<\/span>hich enabled Visual Studio’s testing tools to work with <\/span>Google Test <\/span>and<\/span> <\/span>Boost.Test<\/span> <\/span>unit tests<\/span> (<\/span>Test Adapter for Google Test<\/span><\/a><\/span>, <\/span>Test Adapter for Boost.Test<\/span><\/a>)<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

W<\/span>e are<\/span> excited to announce that we have streamlined this process even<\/span> further. <\/span>In addition to Native Test, <\/span>Visual Studio now <\/span>ships <\/span><\/b>with Google Test<\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/b>support.<\/span><\/b> This means you can author, discover, and run <\/span>all of<\/span> your <\/span>Google Test unit <\/span>tests using Visual Studio’<\/span>s testing tools <\/span>right out of the box.<\/span> <\/span>New installations of<\/span> Visual Studio<\/span> 2017<\/span> <\/span>version <\/span>15.5<\/span> will already have the “Test Adapter for Google Test” checkbox marked <\/span>and installed by default.<\/span><\/p>\n

If<\/span> you’<\/span>re<\/span> upgrading from an existing Visual Studio installation, <\/span>or you unchecked the box during initial installation<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span>n<\/span>o worries! Open “Visual Studio Installer”, click “Modify” on your Visual Studio 15.5 instance<\/span>,<\/span> and <\/span>check the “Test Adapter for Google Test”\u009d checkbox under “Desktop development with C++”<\/span> <\/span>(shown below).<\/span><\/p>\n

Note<\/strong>: If you previously installed our “Test Adapter for Google Test” extension from the VS Marketplace, you should uninstall it to avoid conflicts.<\/p>\n

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Now comes the magic. <\/span>Build your Google Test project, and Visual Studio will automatically detect your unit tests and populate the Test Explorer Window. <\/span>Don’t see the Test Explorer Window?<\/span> Add it by going to <\/span>Test<\/span><\/i> ><\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i>Windows<\/span><\/i> > <\/span><\/i>Test Explorer<\/span><\/i>.<\/span> <\/span>For more details on using Google Test and <\/span>Boost.Test<\/span> in Visual Studio, check out <\/span>our<\/span> <\/span>previous blog post<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>Glorious!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What’s next?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

We are working to add<\/span> <\/span>Boost.Test<\/span> in-<\/span>box<\/span>. <\/span>In the meantime, feel free to keep using the <\/span>Test Adapter for Boost.Test extension<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Talk to us<\/span><\/h3>\n

We are always working to give you the best development experiences possible. Let us know what you would like to see next<\/span>.<\/span> <\/span>I<\/span>f you come across any issues, please <\/span>file them<\/span> <\/span>on the <\/span>Test Adapter for Google Test <\/span>GitHub<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> Because of your <\/span>previous <\/span>feedback, <\/span>we improved our <\/span>Google Test project template<\/span><\/a> in the <\/span>New Project wizard by adding <\/span>support for all Windows SDK<\/span>s<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cheers<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

-Nick<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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