Guide unit testing in Visual Studio for C#

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Creating a unit test project

  • Open the C# project
  • Right-click on the solution -> Add -> New Project…
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  • Go to Installed -> Visual C# -> Test
  • Click on Unit Test Project
  • Give it a name and click OK
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  • The unit test project is added to the solution
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Adding the reference to the application you want to test

  • In the unit test project, add a reference to the project you want to test
  • Right-click on References -> Add Reference…
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  • Select the project you want to test
  • Go to Projects -> Solution
  • Check the checkbox of the project you want to test -> click OK
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Two methods to create unit tests

Method 1

  • Go to your unit test class in the unit test project
  • Write a unit test
[Testclass]
public class UnitTest1
{
    [TestMethod]
    public void TestMethod1()
    {
        //Arrange
        ApplicationToTest.Calc ClassCalc = new ApplicationToTest.Calc();
        int expectedResult = 5;

        //Act
        int result = ClassCalc.Sum(2,3);

        //Assert
        Assert.AreEqual(expectedResult, result);
    }
}

Method 2

  • Go the method you want to test
  • Right-click on the method -> Create Unit Tests
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  • Set Test Framework to MSTest
  • Set Test Project to the name of your unit test project
  • Set Output File to the name of the class of the unit tests
  • Set Code for Test Method to one of the options listed which you prefer
  • The other options can be edited but it’s not necessary

(Tip: If you haven’t made a unit tests project yet, you can still use this option. Just set Test Project to and Output File to . It will create the unit test project and it will add the reference of the project to the unit test project)

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  • As you see below it creates the base of the unit test for you to fill in
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Running unit tests within Visual Studio

  • To see you unit tests go to Test -> Windows -> Test Explorer
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  • This will open an overview of all the tests in the application
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  • In the figure above you can see that the example has one unit test and it hasn’t been run yet

  • You can double-click on a test to go to the code where the unit test is defined

  • You can run single or multiple tests with the Run All or Run…

  • You can also run tests and change settings from the Test menu (Figure 1)

Running code coverage analysis within Visual Studio

  • To see you unit tests go to Test -> Windows -> Code Coverage Results
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  • It will open the following window
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  • The window is now empty
  • Go to the Test menu -> Analyze Code Coverage
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  • The tests will now be run as well (See the results in the Test Explorer)
  • The results will be shown in a table in with you can see which classes and methods are covered with unit tests and which aren’t
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