What are some easy and simple unit testing frameworks to use with Visual Studio 2010 Express vb.net?
Are there any good tutorials geared towards this?
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It may not be true anymore, but previous versions of VS Express weren't able to install any plugins. This meant that you couldn't use the integrated test-runners, but that's really not that big of a deal.
Worst case is that you use VS to write your tests and compile both, then manually run your tests using their testrunner external to VS. The most common unit-testing platform for .NET is nUnit which includes a standalone test runner.
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nUnit isn't installed as a plugin -- it's installed as a project reference and an external tool. – Michael Paulukonis Nov 19 '10 at 21:42
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@Michael -- correct, but most times it's used in conjunction with a plugin, so it's important to know that type of integration (likely) isn't offered for Express editions – STW Nov 20 '10 at 13:03
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You can certainly install nUnit for VS 2010 Express C# (I just tried this out this morning), so I would think you could for VB. The link is a tutorial/demo for VS Express 2008, but it worked in my Express 2010 -- again, C#.
I also found a older tutorial using nUnit and VS 2005 Express VB
See also:
- Is it possible to integrate NUnit with VB.net Express Edition? Which is the best way?
- Best way to do TDD in express versions of visual studio(eg VB Express)
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