Is there a C++ unit testing framework plugin available for NetBeans?

Question

I'm starting a new project and my company has standardized development on NetBeans. I need to do unit testing, though, and can't find a unit testing plugin for C++. As I said, it's a new project, so I'm open to trying any C++ unit testing framework.

EDIT: I've decided on CppUnit, since I'm very familiar with JUnit and the learning curve will be flat. I'd still be interested in any tricks for compiling and running tests from NetBeans IDE so I (and more importantly, my co-workers) don't have to open a shell to run the tests.

EDIT 2: Some more details are coming out of the answers and comments I've gotten so far. It would be nice to have a red-bar, green-bar GUI plugin for C++, but I've pretty much given up on that. I know how to change the compiler and add flags in NetBeans, but it seems that what I really need are instructions on adding a custom make target that will build and run my tests.

Answer 1

This is a recurring question. You should have a look at the responses already given.

Answer 2

Again, the same question you left unanswered: Isn't netbeans able to jump to the error message you obtain when you compile your projects ?

If no, you should solve this problem first.

If yes, then, where is the problem ? Just call your UT framework from your makefile.

Answer 3

First, you'll need to create one or more separate executables that actually run your unit tests. Since that's code to be built it should be integrated into your build system -- whether it's make or cmake or bjam or whatever.

Second, you'll want to actually run your tests. You can probably add a target to your build system that runs the resulting test executables which, on failure, should produce output error messages that conform to conventional build error message output (with filename and line numbers).

Then, it's simply a matter of informing NetBeans (or Eclipse, or CodeBlocks) of your new build target (e.g., make test). The output scanner should detect any error messages and allow you to quickly jump the file/line with the test failure.

That's basically what Luc Hermitte was talking about. If you actually want red-bar/green-bar GUI functionality then, yeah, you'll need to find a special plugin for that.