Do you know how to run nUnit tests from within Visual Studio?

Updated by Brady Stroud [SSW] 1 year ago. See history

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Option 1: External tool (not recommended)

Using NUnit with Visual Studio: To make it easy to use, you need to add it as an external tool in Visual Studio.

In Visual Studio:

  1. Go to Tools > External Tools
  2. Click "Add" button
  3. Type in:
  • Title: NUnit GUI
  • Command: Location of nUnit.exe file
  • Argument: /run (so that the tests run automatically when started)
  • Initial Directory: $(Target directory)
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❌ Figure: Bad Example - NUnit In Visual Studio

Option 2: Test Driven .net

TestDriven.net has better NUnit integration – from both code and Solution Explorer windows.

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Figure: Better way - Use TestDriven.Net - it has a 'Run Test(s)' command for a single test (above) or...

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Figure: ...you can right-click on a project and select 'Test With > NUnit' to bring up the GUI. It is certainly more convenient

To run unit testing: Tools > NUnit GUI to launch NUnit and run the tests.

Option 3: Other Tools

Other Visual Studio tools including Resharper and Coderush have their own integration with NUnit. If you’re already using one of these, installing TestDriven.net is unnecessary.

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