C-Unit-Test-Demo

A project for demonstrating how to test C code with Google Test.

Prerequisites

You need to install the following software in order to run this project

• git
• A C++14-compatible compiler (gcc or clang). Under Linux gcc is usually already installed by default.
• CMake v3.5 or higher (install via sudo apt install cmake)
• Google Test (Installation instructions are given on the GitHub pages)

Building

1. Create a project folder:

cd ~
mkdir unit-test-demo
cd unit-test-demo

2. Clone this repository with git: git clone https://github.com/Jawan81/C-Unit-Test-Demo.git
3. Create a build output directory:

mkdir build
cd build

4. Run CMake to create the makefiles: cmake ../C-Unit-Test-Demo
5. Either

• build all build targets by just calling make
• or choose your build target
  • For building the unit tests run: make runUnitTests
  • for the example executable run: make runMain

6. Run the executables

• For the unit tests run tests/runUnitTests
• For the example application run src/runMain