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GoogleTest Runner for Visual Studio 2015

GoogleTest Runner for Visual Studio 2015

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Visual Studio 2015 extension for running C++ unit tests written with GoogleTest framework. Unit Test Runner (Adapter) for Google Test (gtest) unit testing framework.
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GoogleTest Runner v1.8.1

  • Update VSIX package ID, so it can be uploaded to the Visual Studio Gallery.

GoogleTest Runner v1.8

  • Support for Visual Studio 2015
  • Enable discovery of executables with suffixes 
  • Deployment: Refer to correct version of FSharp.Core (v 4.4.0 which is shipped with VS2015).

Compatibility:

  • Does not work with GoogleTest Adapter
  • ReSharper8 might interfere with GoogleTest Runner in VS2015
  • Go to (VS2015 Tools | Options | ReSharper | Suspend)

Technical:

  • Written in F#
  • Uses Microsoft DIA SDK to read symbols from .pdb's
  • Some native calls to read dll imports from main executable
  • GoogleTest definitions TEST(FooSuite, FooMethod) creates a method named FooSuite_FooMethod_Test::TestBody for actually running the test, this is the one to look for when loading symbols
  • Test run results are saved to Path.GetTempFileName and read in using Xml Type provider
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