novaprova

Novaprova is the newest way to organise and run unit tests for libraries and programs written in the C language. Novaprova takes the xUnit paradigm into the 21st century.

Novaprova has many advanced features previously only available in unit test frameworks for languages such as Java or Perl.

• Provides a familiar, xUnit-like assertion syntax.
• Runs tests using Valgrind.
• Discovers tests fully dynamically at runtime using reflection.
• Detects and gracefully reports many C runtime errors.

• Supports fixture setup and teardown functions.
• Supports mocking of C functions at runtime.
• Supports test parameters.
• Tests can be built and linked entirely with a C compiler.
• Emits a jUnit XML report suitable for modern CI servers.
• Runs tests in parallel to take advantage of today's multiprocessor machines.
• Runs tests fully isolated, in a new process per test.

Novaprova works today on 32bit and 64bit x86 Linux. A Mac port is underway.