f you program in C you've been neglected Test-driven development (TDD) is a modern software development practice that can dramatically reduce the number of defects in systems produce more maintainable code & give you the confidence to change your software to meet changing needs But C programmers have been ignored by those promoting TDD--until now In this book Jeff Langr gives you hands-on lessons in the challenges & rewards of doing TDD in C Modern C Programming With Test-Driven Development the only comprehensive treatment on TDD in C provides you with everything you need to know about TDD & the challenges & benefits of implementing it in your C systems Its many detailed code examples take you step-by-step from TDD basics to advanced concepts As a veteran C programmer you're already writing high-quality code & you work hard to maintain code quality It doesn't have to be that hard In this book you'll learn how to use TDD to improve legacy C systems how to identify & deal with troublesome system dependencies how to do dependency injection which is particularly tricky in C how to use testing tools for C that aid TDD new C11 features that facilitate TDD As you grow in TDD mastery you'll discover how to keep a massive C system from becoming a design mess over time as well as particular C trouble spots to avoid You'll find out how to prevent your tests from being a maintenance burden & how to think in TDD without giving up your hard-won C skills Finally you'll see how to grow & sustain TDD in your team Whether you're a complete unit-testing novice or an experienced tester this book will lead you to mastery of test-driven development in C What You Need A C compiler running under Windows or Linux preferably one that supports C11 Examples presented in the book were built under gcc 472 Google Mock 16 (downloadable for free; it contains Google Test as well) or an alternate C unit testing tool Most examples in the book are written for Google Mock but it isn't difficult to translate them to your tool of choice A good programmer's editor or IDE cmake preferably Of course you can use your own preferred make too CMake Liststxt files are provided for each project Examples provided were built using cmake version 289 Various freely-available third-party libraries are used as the basis for examples in the book These include
- c URL
- Json Cpp
- Boost (filesystem datetimegregorian algorithm assign) Several examples use the boost headerslibraries Only one example uses c URL & Json Cpp