What does kotlin-test-junit provide compared to kotlin-test? What advantage would there be in using ...

# getting-started

[dreamreal]

What does kotlin-test-junit provide compared to kotlin-test? What advantage would there be in using these against, say, just TestNG in the first place?

[elect]

consider also asking in #kotlintest

[dreamreal]

Ah, thank you

[ilya.gorbunov]

@elect Actually, kotlintest is a completely different library

[ilya.gorbunov]

@dreamreal kotlin-test-junit provides enhancements for kotlin-test when you use it to write JUnit tests. For example, assertions become throwing JUnit-specific assertion exceptions.

[dreamreal]

Ah, I see. I was looking at the getting-started docs and it recommended one or both, and didn't tell me why.

[ilya.gorbunov]

Should you use kotlin-test to write tests (namely assertions in tests)? If you're targeting JVM only, it's up to you, you can use either it or use assertions from your favorite test framework.

[dreamreal]

nod thank you. That makes sense.

[elect]

ah ok, @ilya.gorbunov