Update boost testing lecture (#260)

* Update boost testing lecture

* Update boost exercise

* Add info on mocking in preCICE

* Fix md formatting

Author: uekerman

05_testing_and_ci/boost_testing_exercise.md

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Boost.Test and CTest in Action: SideMade Exercise
 
-In this exercise, you extend and automate the unit tests of the [SideMade code](https://github.com/Simulation-Software-Engineering/testing-boost-exercise-wt2425), on which we worked during the lecture.
+In this exercise, you extend and automate the unit tests of the [SideMade code](https://github.com/Simulation-Software-Engineering/testing-boost-exercise), on which we worked during the lecture.
 
-Deadline: **Thursday, February 5, 2025, 09:00**
+Deadline: **Thursday, February 4, 2026, 09:00**
 
 ## Preparation and Submission
 
-- Import the [testing boost exercise repository](https://github.com/Simulation-Software-Engineering/testing-boost-exercise-wt2425) in your own account/namespace on GitHub and name it `testing-boost-exercise` again. **Note**: We cannot work with forks here because GitHub Actions may not work in pull requests without explicit approval of the owner of the target repository
+- Import the [testing boost exercise repository](https://github.com/Simulation-Software-Engineering/testing-boost-exercise) in your own account/namespace on GitHub and name it `testing-boost-exercise` again. **Note**: We cannot work with forks here because GitHub Actions may not work in pull requests without explicit approval of the owner of the target repository
 - Create a new branch `extend-tests` from `main` and work in this branch.
 - To submit, open a PR from `extend-tests` to `main` in your own repository. Then paste a link to this PR in a new issue in the original repository. Use `[GITLAB-USERNAME] Boost test exercise` as title of the issue.
 

05_testing_and_ci/boost_testing_intro_slides.md

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ slideOptions:
 - Powerful unit test framework
 - Sometimes called (the) **Unit Test Framework** (UTF) or **Boost.Test**
     - Valid on all slides: `namespace utf = boost::unit_test;`
-- [List of contributors and maintainers](https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_87_0/libs/test/doc/html/boost_test/acknowledgements.html)
+- [List of contributors and maintainers](https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/latest/libs/test/doc/html/boost_test/acknowledgements.html)
 
 ---
 

05_testing_and_ci/boost_testing_precice_demo.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Look around preCICE in the terminal + text editor.
 - Clear separation in preCICE: integration tests only directly use API of preCICE.
 - They are located in `tests` folder.
 - Look at `tests/serial/initialize-data/Explicit.cpp`:
-    - Explain `PRECICE_TEST_SETUP` and how it is used: test is run on two MPI ranks living in seperate MPI communicators.
+    - Explain `PRECICE_TEST_SETUP` and how it is used: test is run on two MPI ranks living in separate MPI communicators.
     - Information can be accessed via `context`.
     - More information: [blog post on bssw.io on multiphysics testing](https://bssw.io/blog_posts/overcoming-complexity-in-testing-multiphysics-coupling-software)
 
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ Look around preCICE in the terminal + text editor.
 - Sometimes, we want white-box testing:
     - Why? Access and/or check private members
     - Could `friend` the test, but this quickly gets out of hand
-- Example: class `src/time/Waveform.hpp`
-    - Has public and private members. We want to check the private members in tests.
-    - Does not `friend` every test, but only `WaveformFixture`
-    - `src/testing/WaveformFixture.hpp` has functions to access private members
-    - This fixture is used in many tests in `src/time/tests/WaveformTests` (but not handed over to test like normal UTF fixtures)
+- Example: class `src/precice/implDataContext.hpp`
+    - Has public and protected or private members. We want to check the protected members in tests.
+    - Does not `friend` every test, but only `DataContextFixture`
+    - `src/testing/DataContextFixture.hpp` has functions to access protected members
+    - This fixture is used in many tests in `src/precice/tests/DataContextTest` (but not handed over to test like normal UTF fixtures)
 
 ## Test Matrices
 
@@ -53,3 +53,10 @@ Look around preCICE in the terminal + text editor.
 ## CTest in Parallel
 
 - Build preCICE and run tests via `ctest -j 16`, runs tests in parallel, automatic feature of CTest
+
+## Mocking preCICE
+
+- Even more important than for "normal" software, since coupling library needs two software stacks to couple.
+- WIP: mock shipped with preCICE, currently there is "only" a prototype in Python bindings.
+    - Look at [how both environments are distinguished](https://github.com/precice/python-bindings/blob/313441ca296da9bbc694bd99ba930c64b48aa11a/setup.py#L35-L39)
+    - Look at files in [`test/`](https://github.com/precice/python-bindings/tree/develop/test)

05_testing_and_ci/boost_testing_sidemade_demo.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Boost.Test and CTest in Action: SideMade Demo
 
-Repository: [testing boost exercise – demo-start branch](https://github.com/Simulation-Software-Engineering/testing-boost-exercise-wt2223/tree/demo-start)
+Repository: [testing boost exercise – demo-start branch](https://github.com/Simulation-Software-Engineering/testing-boost-exercise/tree/demo-start)
 
 ## 1. Get to Know the Code
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Repository: [testing boost exercise – demo-start branch](https://github.com/Si
     find_package(Boost 1.71 REQUIRED unit_test_framework)
     file(GLOB_RECURSE TEST_FILES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS tests/*.cpp)
     add_executable(testsidemade "${TEST_FILES}")
-    set_property(target testsidemade PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
+    set_property(TARGET testsidemade PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
     target_link_libraries(testsidemade PRIVATE Boost::unit_test_framework)
     add_test(NAME "MatrixSolverTests" COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/testsidemade)
     ```
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ Repository: [testing boost exercise – demo-start branch](https://github.com/Si
 
 - Adjust `CMakeLists.txt`:
     - In principle OK like it is, but we could organize things a bit better.
-    - Add tests and [filter](https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_78_0/libs/test/doc/html/boost_test/runtime_config/test_unit_filtering.html):
+    - Add tests and [filter](https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/latest/libs/test/doc/html/boost_test/runtime_config/test_unit_filtering.html):
 
     ```cmake
     add_test(NAME "MatrixSolverTests" COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/testsidemade --run_test=MatrixSolverTests/*)

timetable.md

@@ -131,3 +131,14 @@
 ## 12.2 – Wed, January 21, 2026
 
 - **90** min.: [Exercise: Automating Workflows with GitHub Actions](https://github.com/Simulation-Software-Engineering/Lecture-Material/blob/main/05_testing_and_ci/automation_exercise.md)
+
+## 13.1 – Wed, January 28, 2026
+
+- **20** min.: Introduction to Boost.Test: [slides](https://github.com/Simulation-Software-Engineering/Lecture-Material/blob/main/05_testing_and_ci/boost_testing_intro_slides.md), [demo](https://github.com/Simulation-Software-Engineering/Lecture-Material/blob/main/05_testing_and_ci/boost_testing_intro_demo.md)
+- **15** min.: [Lecture evaluation](https://gitlab-sim.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/simulation-software-engineering-wite2526/challenge/-/issues/42)
+- **60** min.: [Boost.Test and CTest in Action: SideMade Demo](https://github.com/Simulation-Software-Engineering/Lecture-Material/blob/main/05_testing_and_ci/boost_testing_sidemade_demo.md)
+- **10** min.: [Boost.Test in the Real World: preCICE Demo](https://github.com/Simulation-Software-Engineering/Lecture-Material/blob/main/05_testing_and_ci/boost_testing_precice_demo.md)
+
+## 13.2 – Wed, January 28, 2026
+
+- **90** min.: [Boost.Test and CTest in Action: SideMade Exercise](https://github.com/Simulation-Software-Engineering/Lecture-Material/blob/main/05_testing_and_ci/boost_testing_exercise.md)