google test/mock vs boost vs catch support for c++14/c++17 [closed]

Question

I am evaluating which testing framework would be ideal for me. The choice is among these three: google test, boost.test and catch.

I would like something robust that has not so many dependencies and that is able to support C++14/C++17 if needed.

Another question, do you know which framework big companies in the avionics/space fields use?

Answer 1

I would like something robust that has not so many dependencies and that is able to support c++14/c++17 if needed.

Google C++ test framework requirements mention:

A C++98-standard-compliant compiler

It works just fine with C++14, I personally use it. From the linked documentation you can see that it has no dependencies on external libraries (see section requirements).

Catch known limitations mention:

our desire to support C++98 compilers

It works just fine with C++14, I personally used it in a couple of projects at work. Catch is a header only library, it has no dependencies at all.

Boost C++ libraries usually perform compile-time detection of compiler support for the standards and features are enabled/disabled depending on the result.
As a rule of thumb, those libraries usually depend on some other libraries picked up from Boost itself.

do you know which framework big companies in the avionics/space fields use?

Often they require not only to write tests but also to have a code coverage estimation. There are a plenty of professional tools for that, few of them are for free and (at least, as long as I know) there doesn't exist a standard de facto for that.