Unit testing

There is a default way to run tests by simply running a regular executable in CLion. However to benefit from a built-in test runner, use special Google Test, Boost.Test or Catch configuration.

In case your CMake target is linked with gtest or gmock, this configuration will be created automatically. Or you can alternatively run a single test, fixture or whole file by pressing ⌃⇧R. In addition, you can create and update such configurations manually in Run | Edit Configurations... settings:

To narrow the set of tests in case of Catch configuration, use tags and benefit from the tag names completion:

Get the best of test-driven development with an easy-to-use and fluent unit test runner. Its dedicated view will show you:

• the progress bar with the percentage of tests executed so far,
• a tree view of all the tests running, including the information about test status and test duration,
• the whole test output stream, and more

Besides, CLion's test runner allows you:

• to rerun any test, all tests or all failed tests,
• export test results and open previous results from the history, saved automatically,
• navigate to the source code of a particular test via Ctrl+↓

Code generation feature (Alt+Insert) can help a lot while writing unit tests. For Google Test create test, test fixture or SetUp/TearDown Methods.

In case of generating test for fixtures, TEST() macro is automatically converted to the appropriate TEST_F(), TEST_P(), TYPED_TEST(), or TYPED_TEST_P():