Hey, budding c++ coders out there! On your way to becoming a fleshed out developer? I presume you have installed a code editor of your choice, installed compilers, debuggers and all the necessary libraries. But you are missing one mostly overlooked component by beginners, the testing tool.

We will see :

1. What is Google C++ testing framework?

2. Why Google test?

3. Installation steps

4. Sample program

1. What is Google C++ testing framework?

Google Test is a unit testing library for the C++ programming language, based on the xUnit architecture.

Or simply put, it makes your C++ testing easy and efficient. Basically, you’ll write a test program, containing many test cases and will check it against your program after compiling Google test into a library.

The test function is made up of macros, which are more like functions whose parameters are the values inputted to test the function. These macros are assertions which will return True or False according to the assertion type.

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