When I create a New Project of type ASP.Net MVC Web Application, I expect the dialog for unit test applications to show up, but it does not. I cannot find the Unit Test App among the product types I can create either. How do I set up my VS so that the dialog shows up?
I have installed Visual Studio 2008, .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 and ASP.Net MVC Framework (Beta).
As @MrJavaGuy says, you need to install at least the Professional, not Express, version of VS2008. Alternatively, you can install nUnit and/or TestDriven.Net and get unit testing capabilities. Info on nUnit can be found at http://www.nunit.org/ and TestDriven.Net at http://www.testdriven.net/. I recommend TestDriven.Net even if you have the testing capabilities of Visual Studio baked in.
Hi,
Thanks for your replies. I have VS2008 Professional edition already (version 9.0.30729 SP, according to the "About" dialog). Do i need a later version yet? Or am I missing another component?
And while we're mentioning them, what are the pros and cons of nUnit and TestDriven.Net compared to the MS version included? I am completely new to unit testing, and my main objective with this is to check it and see whether i like the concept as a whole.
Had the same problem with Visual Web Developer Express, I found this blog.
http://blogs.msdn.com/webdevtools/archive/2008/05/30/asp-net-mvc-preview-3-tooling-updates.aspx
I downloaded
http://www.box.net/shared/zmp0cdxsss
and that worked for me.. Not sure if this will sort your issue though. Best of luck with it.
Turns out one of the problems were that I hadn't installed Testing Capabilities with my VS installation - running the installer and adding the feature made everything roll smoothly =)