CuTest: C Unit Testing Framework

Overview

CuTest is a unit testing library for the C language. It can be used to do Extreme Programming and Test-First Development in the C language. It's a fun and cute library that will make your programming fun and productive.

Benefits

Lower Defects. The tests ensure that your code keeps working as you make small changes in it.
Faster Debugging. The tests tell you which subroutine is broken. You avoid spending hours trying to figure out what's broken.
Development Speed. You trust your old code and can keep adding to it without worrying about bad interactions. If there is a bad interaction the tests will catch it.
Permanent Bug Fixes. If every time a bug is reported you write a quick test, you will guarantee that the bug never reappears again.
Fun. As your bug count drops you will begin to enjoy programming like you've never done before. Running the tests every few minutes and seeing them pass feels good.

Features

Small. Consists of a single .c and .h file.
Easy to Deploy. Just drop the two files into your source tree.
Highly Portable. Works with all major compilers on Windows (Microsoft, Borland), Linux, Unix, PalmOS.
Open Source. You can extend it to add more functionality. The source can be invaluable if you are trying to trace a test failure.
Cuteness. Of all the testing frameworks CuTest has the cutest name :-)

Licensing

CuTest is distributed under the zlib/libpng license. See license.txt in the distribution for text of license. The intent of the license is to:

Keep the license as simple as possible
Encourage the use of CuTest in both free and commercial applications and libraries
Keep the source code together
Give credit to the CuTest contributors for their work

If you find CuTest useful we would like to hear about it.

Getting Started

For a detailed tutorial see README in the distribution. This shows you how to organize your tests and how to autogenerate the AllTests.c file from your source files.

To add unit testing to your C code the only files you need are CuTest.c and CuTest.h.

CuTestTest.c and AllTests.c have been included to provide an example of how to write unit tests and then how to aggregate them into suites and into a single AllTests.c file. Suites allow you to put unit tests for different parts of your code in different files. AllTests.c combines all the suites and runs them.

You should not have to look inside CuTest.c. Looking in CuTestTest.c (for example usage) should be sufficient.

After downloading the sources, run your compiler to create an executable called AllTests.exe. For example, if you are using Windows you would type:

cl AllTests.c CuTest.c CuTestTest.c
AllTests.exe

This will run all the unit tests associated with CuTest and print the output on the console.

For more details on how to use the library look at the README file included with the distribution.

Contribute

We hope you CuTest saves you time and helps you produce high quality software.

If you find CuTest useful, let us know. Tell us what platform you are using it on (Windows, Linux, etc), and what kinds of applications you are using it with.

If you would like to contribute documentation or tutorials to this project please send e-mail.