Is there a unit testing framework for testing PowerShell with PowerShell scripts?

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I am lookin for a unit testing framework of type xUnit that lets me test PowerShell functions with PowerShell scripts.

There is a similar question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/940497/how-to-do-tdd-and-unit-testing-in-powershell — stej, Jun 17 '09 at 10:03

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 17 '09 at 04:49

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Well, just for completeness: There is actually PSUnit. Doesn't seem to be very mature, though as I see only two spikes of activity since its beginning as well as no documentation to speak of.

But as I learnt from cuTest, unit testing is something that fits into a very small space (at least for C in that case), so having something that works might not require too much effort.

answered Jun 17 '09 at 04:49

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It seems PsUnit started moving http://www.codeplex.com/PSUnit – stej Jul 28 '09 at 04:31

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 05 '17 at 16:43

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While not an actual framework a la xUnit, Lee Holmes did write an article about how to unit test PowerShell using PowerShell scripts.

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answered Jun 16 '09 at 23:44

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 29 '09 at 06:57

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I also found PSUnit on Codeplex. PSUnit PowerShell Unit Testing Framework

There are some cool screen shots and a release is expected in August this year.

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 05 '17 at 16:46

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From the project page for Pester:

Pester provides a framework for running unit tests to execute and validate PowerShell commands from within PowerShell.

answered Jan 05 '17 at 16:46

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Is there a unit testing framework for testing PowerShell with PowerShell scripts?

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