Modern C++ Programming with Test-Driven Development

11.8 Deriving Team Standards for TDD

You’ll want to make sure your team approaches TDD with a few simple standards. Don’t let these standards be a barrier to getting started, however. Like everything else in Agile and TDD, the goal is to put a little into place and then continue to refine things as you go forward.

Here are a few of the key things you’ll want to agree upon:

• Unit testing tool (Google Test, CppUTest, or CppUnit, for example). Over time, you might migrate to a better tool if one emerges. At that point, it’s OK to do so incrementally. For now, though, find a unit testing tool that suits your team best and stick with it until you have good reason not to.

• Other tools, including mock frameworks and code coverage tools.

• Integration standards. ...