BeCPP Symposium 2026 - Phil Nash - Contemporary C++ Testing

By Marc Gregoire | Aug 2, 2026 06:07 AM | Tags: c++26 becppsymposium2026 becpp

BeCPP Symposium 2026 (organized by BeCPP): Now on YouTube!

Phil Nash - Contemporary C++ Testing

Abstract:

It's been 15 years since Catch claimed to be a "Modern C++ Testing framework". C++ has been through some game changing stages of evolution in that time. What would a test framework built for the C++ of today look like?

About the Speaker:

Phil is the original author of the C++ test framework, Catch2 and other open source libraries.
A Senior Software Engineer at Bloomberg he has had a career that spans finance, mobile and software security, with a diversion into Developer Advocacy at JetBrains and Sonar.
He's also a member of the ISO C++ standards committee, organiser of C++ London and ACCU on Sea (the merging of the ACCU conference with C++ on Sea), as well as former co-host and producer of CppCast, cpp.chat and No Diagnostic Required.