Re: [Boost-users] Mocking with boost.test

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Mocking with boost.test
From: John Mairs (john.d.mairs_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-12-09 19:13:50

I switched from google mock to

https://github.com/rollbear/trompeloeil

On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 9:28 AM Martin Beseda via Boost-users <
boost-users_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>
>
> I must admit, that I've been dealing with the same problem of choosing an
> appropriate mocking framework few months ago (I've settled with Turtle for
> now). It would be incredibly helpful to have this functionality in included
> in Boost,
>
> whether in Boost::test or in some now framework, e.g. Boost::mock.
>
>
> Maybe, it could be a good way to simply integrate some of the currently
> working frameworks, be it FakeIt or Turtle? By the way, Turtle is being
> maintained, at least to a degree of compatibility with the latest Boost
> version.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Martin
>
>
>
> On 09. 12. 18 13:01, Tom Kent via Boost-users wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 5:04 AM Sean Farrow via Boost-users <
> boost-users_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> I was just wondering whether boost.test provides any mocking facilities?
>>
>> If it doesn’t is there a recommended mocking framework?
>>
>>
>>
>> Any help appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Sean.
>>
>
> It doesn't.
>
> I've been using, and very much enjoying fakeit[1]. Its developer(s) have
> taken boost::test into consideration and have a header you can include that
> specifically integrates with boost, `#include
> <fakeit\single_header\boost\fakeit.hpp>`.
>
> It has decent but not amazing documentation [2]. It has a pretty good
> community that interacts through github issues/pull requests, but I haven't
> found much outside that (blogs, reddit, etc), but that might be because I
> haven't looked that hard. It is a bit difficult to google for.
>
> I've also tried turtle [3], which is a mocking framework made specifically
> for boost::test, but I remember being dissapointed in it, It was a while
> ago, so I don't exactly remember why, I think it was lacking some fetures I
> was looking for? It also doesn't seem to be maintained anymore,
>
> Finally, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Google Mock [4]. It isn't made
> for use with Boost, it is specifically made for use with Google Test [5],
> but it should be usable. I haven't tried it, but you may want to consider
> it.
>
> In general, compared to a language like python, mocking is very difficult
> to do in C++. It only works for virtual members, so if your codebase isn't
> interface driven it won't work well. Wanting to use mocking well has made
> us start using the SOLID [6] principles, which has been a great improvement
> to the overall quality of our codebase.
>
> Tom
>
> [1] https://github.com/eranpeer/FakeIt
> [2] https://github.com/eranpeer/FakeIt/wiki/Quickstart
> [3] http://turtle.sourceforge.net/
> [4] https://github.com/abseil/googletest/tree/master/googlemock
> [5] https://github.com/abseil/googletest
> [6]
> https://scotch.io/bar-talk/s-o-l-i-d-the-first-five-principles-of-object-oriented-design
>
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