Test Driven C++ with Catch

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Explains Catch as a single-header distribution for C++ unit and integration tests, shows a live TDD session building a ring buffer (capacity 4) using compilation-driven steps, sections to isolate logical assertions and sections and BDD-style scenario macros (Given/When/Then), demonstrates catch_config_main linking cost and slow compile when included everywhere, shows test output that prints expanded LHS/RHS expressions, notes no built‑in mocking or threading support (C++03 target with optional C++11 extensions).

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:25What is TDD
3. 3:00Why do we write code
4. 4:57How to verify code
5. 10:05Demo
6. 16:50Second Demo
7. 26:30Test Case Macro
8. 35:15Buffer Size
9. 36:55Multiple Sections
10. 38:25Testing
11. 40:25Overload
12. 41:25Multiple Values
13. 42:45Unconditional Increment
14. 45:10Alternate Macros
15. 47:45Naming
16. 49:25Test Name
17. 50:52Converting Types to Strings
18. 52:41Elephant in the Room

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