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About this paper
Hafsa Cheddadi, Saad Motahhir, Abdelaziz El Ghzizal
This paper examines Google Test and Google Mock as tools for verifying critical embedded software in C++. It details their capabilities for structured unit testing and demonstrates how mocking addresses challenges of hardware dependencies, enabling isolated and efficient testing.
Key insights
- Google Test, especially when integrated with Google Mock, offers a comprehensive toolkit for robust unit testing and dependency isolation in critical embedded C++ software.
- Mocking with GMock effectively isolates software units from hardware or external dependencies, improving testability and efficiency.
- Early and effective unit testing, enabled by these tools, contributes to reducing overall development and maintenance costs for critical embedded systems.
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