JetBrains CLion Webinar: Video, Code and Slides

Testing code in CLion

Today I gave my webinar demo of adding tests un-tested code in CLion, with Catch2 and Approval Tests.

As ever, although I find that writing talks and demos takes me longer than I expect, I learn plenty doing the preparation, so the time pays off.

I had a mix of demo and slides: there’s always so much that I want to say in talks, and never enough time, but I really enjoyed the experience, and am grateful for the invitation.

Video and Slides

• Recording on YouTube
• JetBrains Blog Post, with timings, and links to other useful resources
• Slides on SlideShare

Overview

I covered these broad topics:

• Testing with Catch2
• Testing with Approval Tests
• Using Code Coverage tools to improve the tests
• Improving the tests, with Combination Approvals
• CLion testing tips

The Code

The code is in my fork of Arne Mertz’s commandline-videostore-cpp.

I’ve added a bunch of useful links and credits to its README.

The branches for today’s talk are:

• starting-point
  • with the original code, and checklist which can be used to try it out at home
• webinar
  • with the changes made during the webinar. Scroll down to see the files add, and changes made
• complete-run
  • with the completed changes, demoed at the end of the webinar. Scroll down to see the files add, and changes made