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| author | Gennadiy Civil <gennadiycivil@users.noreply.github.com> | 2017-08-10 13:13:45 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2017-08-10 13:13:45 (GMT) |
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Merge pull request #1178 from aninf-wo/hethi/testsuite-hint
add note about different definitions of Test Case
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diff --git a/googletest/docs/Primer.md b/googletest/docs/Primer.md index be6ad38..ae2dfa1 100644 --- a/googletest/docs/Primer.md +++ b/googletest/docs/Primer.md @@ -23,6 +23,40 @@ So let's go! _Note:_ We sometimes refer to Google C++ Testing Framework informally as _Google Test_. +# Beware of the nomenclature # + +_Note:_ There might be some confusion of idea due to different +definitions of the terms _Test_, _Test Case_ and _Test Suite_, so beware +of misunderstanding these. + +Historically, the Google C++ Testing Framework started to use the term +_Test Case_ for grouping related tests, whereas current publications +including the International Software Testing Qualifications Board +([ISTQB](http://www.istqb.org/)) and various textbooks on Software +Quality use the term _[Test +Suite](http://glossary.istqb.org/search/test%20suite)_ for this. + +The related term _Test_, as it is used in the Google C++ Testing +Framework, is corresponding to the term _[Test +Case](http://glossary.istqb.org/search/test%20case)_ of ISTQB and +others. + +The term _Test_ is commonly of broad enough sense, including ISTQB's +definition of _Test Case_, so it's not much of a problem here. But the +term _Test Case_ as used in Google Test is of contradictory sense and thus confusing. + +Unfortunately replacing the term _Test Case_ by _Test Suite_ throughout +the Google C++ Testing Framework is not easy without breaking dependent +projects, as `TestCase` is part of the public API at various places. + +So for the time being, please be aware of the different definitions of +the terms: + +Meaning | Google Test Term | [ISTQB](http://www.istqb.org/) Term +------- | ---------------- | ----------------------------------- +Exercise a particular program path with specific input values and verify the results | [TEST()](#simple-tests) | [Test Case](http://glossary.istqb.org/search/test%20case) +A set of several tests related to one component | [Test Case](#basic-concepts) | [Test Suite](http://glossary.istqb.org/search/test%20suite) + # Setting up a New Test Project # To write a test program using Google Test, you need to compile Google |