Looks like folks don't have a strong opinion about this topic. I'd recommend just picking something that works and giving it a try. I suspect many different frameworks would all work fine.
Adam On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Dirk Pranke <dpra...@chromium.org> wrote: > I'd add "maintained" to your list, but otherwise it looks pretty good :) > > It would also be nice if the testing framework supported parallel or > distributed execution, but not many do. > > -- Dirk > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 11:36 AM, David Levin <le...@chromium.org> wrote: >> Issue: There has been a long standing bug to add unit tests to WebKit >> (https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21010). It was also mentioned on >> webkit-dev that it would be helpful in various cases. >> Landscape: Surveying WebKit, it is looks like there are at least three >> testing frameworks being used: TestWebKitAPI/WebKitAPITest (in Tools), >> QTest, gtest (in Source/WebKit/chromium/). However, only one TestWebKitAPI >> has been used so far (as far as I can tell) for testing core WebKit items >> like WTF (though I was unaware of TestWebKitAPI until Friday). >> It seems like a good way to think about the issue of which to use in general >> in WebKit would be to decide on what would be desired in our framework and >> then see how each matches up. >> Here's my take on this. (It may be biased toward what I am familiar with but >> I welcome others to add their own criteria.) >> Criteria >> Musts: >> >> Compatible license with WebKit >> Builds/Can be built on the many platforms and build systems supported by >> WebKit (ideally without extra installs). >> >> Useful: >> >> Easy to write tests >> Hackable to suit our needs >> Well tested features (to support hackability/stability) >> Supports filtering of tests so you can run just the test you care about (and >> easily listing the tests). >> Supports writing out values when there is test failure. (For example, if the >> is verifying that A == B but that is not true, then the values of A and B >> should be printed.) >> Well documented >> >> thanks, >> dave >> >> _______________________________________________ >> webkit-dev mailing list >> webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org >> http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev >> >> > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev > _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
