Visual Studio 2013/2015 Test Project Template - for NUnit?

Question

I'm new to unit testing and started with MSTest and want to use NUnit. I see there is a Test project template in VS 2015 but I read that for NUnit I'm to create a class library then add the NUnit NuGet packages.

What is correct? Test Project Template or Class Library for NUnit in C#?

Thank you

Answer 1

There is no NUnit test project template in Visual Stusio that comes out of the box.

A test project is a class library with a reference to nunit.framework.dll that comes with NUnit installation.

You can create your own NUnit project template in Visual Studio:

1. Creating a new class library
2. Reference nunit.framework.dll
3. Create test.cs file
   • Add "using NUnit.Framework;"
   • Create an empty test class and a test method (you can also add setup and teardown to the test class)

Your Test.cs File should look something like this:

using System;
using NUnit.Framework;

namespace NUnit.Tests
{
  [TestFixture]
  public class SuccessTests
  {
    [SetUp] public void Init()
    { /* ... */ }

    [TearDown] public void Dispose()
    { /* ... */ }

    [Test] public void Test1()
    { /* ... */ }
  }
}

4. Use Export Template wizard to create a template out of your project.