Google Test (Google's C++ Unit Testing Framework) is now open source!

If you like writing tests in C++ and haven't found the right unit test framework yet, then you should check out the Google Testing Blog article on Google Test.

It's Google's xUnit style test framework available under an open source license.  Give it a spin, you can use it to test your new protocol buffer code that's written using the Google C++ Style Guide.

Videos posted from Eclipse Day at the Googleplex

Videos posted from Eclipse Day at the Googleplex
By Robert Konigsberg, Software Engineer and Eclipse Enthusiast

Here's a short follow-up to our recent post about Eclipse Day at the Googleplex: All the talks from the larger presentation room are now available for your viewing pleasure:

• Introduction & Keynote: Eclipse at Ebay by Michael Galpin, with introduction by Ian Skerrett,
• How Mylyn Changes the Way I Develop by Bjorn Freeman-Benson
• Tools Make the Difference: GWT in Eclipse by Bruce Johnson
• Plug-in Development Tips and Tricks by Chris Aniszczyk
• Wiring Hacker Synapses: Collaborative Coding and Team Tooling in Eclipse by Scott Lewis & Mustafa K. Isik

These, and other interesting talks can be found on the Google Tech Talks channel on YouTube.

To Ellipses or not?

I just noticed an interesting discussion on the eclipse ui-best-practices-working-group list about a recent change in Eclipse to rename Preferences... to Preferences and the bug asking to rename it back.

I admit that in general, I'm usually one to follow Microsoft's lead for UI standards however I think in this case, and probably going forward, I'd be more inclined to follow the Apple or Windows XP style guide instead of the Vista guidelines. I've only briefly tried Vista before dropping the VM and switching back to XP and didn't really see anything impressive from the UI in it.

I too am in favor of using ellipses in menu items when a dialog is invoked vs. a command being executed.