contributing/development/core_and_modules/unit_testing

[giscus[bot]]

contributing/development/core_and_modules/unit_testing

Godot Engine allows to write unit tests directly in C++. The engine integrates the doctest unit testing framework which gives ability to write test suites and test cases next to production code, bu...

https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/contributing/development/core_and_modules/unit_testing.html

[yuantianle]

Tips for who are using Windows with Visual studio 2022 for build the UT envs. Please run scons platform=windows target=editor dev_build=yes tests=yes -j12, -j12 is optional if you need multi-thread. And make sure you run ./bin/godot.windows.editor.dev.x86_64.exe --test after build on root directory for the UTs then you will see sth like:

$ ./bin/godot.windows.editor.dev.x86_64.exe --test
[doctest] doctest version is "2.4.11"
[doctest] run with "--help" for options
===============================================================================
[doctest] test cases:    1232 |    1232 passed | 0 failed | 3 skipped
[doctest] assertions: 2443522 | 2443522 passed | 0 failed |
[doctest] Status: SUCCESS!

[van800]

Both JetBrains Rider and JetBrains CLion have in-editor support for doctest.
See more in https://github.com/JetBrains/godot-support/wiki/Godot-doctest-Unit-Tests