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The company I work at is going to buy some software tools for me to use, but I do have a budget to work with. I have some unit tests written for NUnit, and am looking at getting TestDriven.NET, NCover, or perhaps both. I'm using Visual Studio 2008.

My questions are:

  • Is there a good reason to get both of them?
  • If you had to choose one, which one would you get?
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Both tools are quite excellent.

TestDriven.Net is useful since it integrates directly with Visual Studio 2008.

NCover is great for analyzing your code coverage.

Both are available to try. I would suggest downloading both and trying them out. See what works best for you!

rifferte
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In actuality, TestDriven.NET simply runs NCover. TestDriven.NET is just a Visual Studio integrator for common unit testing tools like NUnit, NCover, etc. If you need something that integrates with Visual Studio, TestDriven.NET is a decent tool. Future versions of Visual Studio, starting with 2010, will include a built-in code coverage feature that integrates nicely with MSTest. If you are an MSTest user, I recommend downloading the CTP of VS2010 and give it a try.

jrista