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diff --git a/googletest/docs/primer.md b/googletest/docs/primer.md index 2759820..cbb48ec 100644 --- a/googletest/docs/primer.md +++ b/googletest/docs/primer.md @@ -51,26 +51,34 @@ of misunderstanding these. Historically, googletest 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. +textbooks on Software Quality use the term _[Test Suite][istqb test suite]_ for +this. The related term _Test_, as it is used in the googletest, is corresponding to -the term _[Test Case](http://glossary.istqb.org/search/test%20case)_ of ISTQB -and others. +the term _[Test Case][istqb test case]_ 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 was used in Google Test is of contradictory sense and thus confusing. -googletest recently started replacing the term _Test Case_ by _Test Suite_ The -preferred API is TestSuite*. The older TestCase* API is being slowly deprecated -and refactored away +googletest recently started replacing the term _Test Case_ with _Test Suite_. +The preferred API is *TestSuite*. The older TestCase API is being slowly +deprecated and refactored away. So please be aware of the different definitions of the terms: -Meaning | googletest 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) +| Meaning | googletest Term | [ISTQB](http://www.istqb.org/) | +: : : Term : +| :---------------- | :---------------------- | :----------------------------- | +| Exercise a | [TEST()](#simple-tests) | [Test Case][istqb test case] | +: particular : : : +: program path with : : : +: specific input : : : +: values and verify : : : +: the results : : : + +[istqb test case]: http://glossary.istqb.org/en/search/test%20case +[istqb test suite]: http://glossary.istqb.org/en/search/test%20suite ## Basic Concepts @@ -235,9 +243,8 @@ of two wide strings fails, their values will be printed as UTF-8 narrow strings. **Availability**: Linux, Windows, Mac. **See also**: For more string comparison tricks (substring, prefix, suffix, and -regular expression matching, for example), see -[this](https://github.com/google/googletest/blob/master/googletest/docs/advanced.md) -in the Advanced googletest Guide. +regular expression matching, for example), see [this](advanced.md) in the +Advanced googletest Guide. ## Simple Tests |