Unit Testing and Code Coverage Frameworks for .Net?

Question

I am about to start a new project and am looking around for both a unit testing framework and some sort of code coverage profiler. I've used the unit test framework in Visual Studio Pro in the past but I've never used a coverage framework.

Does anyone have views on the best unit testing and code coverage frameworks around at the moment?

Answer 1

Personally I use MB Unit (instead of NUnit) and NCover.

MB Unit follows the same conventions as NUnit, but offers additional powerful test capabilities as well.

EDIT: Changed NCover link to the open source project rather than the commercial offering.

Answer 2

There are lots of different unit testing frameworks out there: MSTest, nUnit, xUnit and MbUnit are probably the most popular. As far as coverage, I've used both the coverage in Team Suite and nCover (free). I probably use nCover more than the built-in coverage. I would also suggest using the TestDriven.NET plugin (not sure if it works with xUnit).

Answer 3

nUnit is probably the most widespread, especially if your using some of the popular Visual Studio add-ons like ReSharper (a MUST have for anyone doing c# TDD).

I'd go with NCover for coverage. It integrates well with CruiseControl and Hudson for CI.

I would also highly recommend Fitnesse.Net for integration testing.

Answer 4

Everyone else seems to hate it, but I find the built-in tools in Visual Studio (Team System) adequate. Sure, there are quirks, and the unit test API could be better, but I find the IDE integration very convenient.

Depending on your version of Visual Studio, it is already included (and thereby free).

Answer 5

I usually use the integrated tools in VS for both unit test & coverag

Answer 6

See SD C# Test Coverage for a test coverage tool with low overhead, effective displays of coverage data and ability to handle small and large applications.

This will work with any unit testing framework.

Answer 7

I use NUnit and NCover (open source) for all projects.