Debugging the NUnit3TestAdapter – take 2
In version 4.2 of the NUnit3TestAdapter debugging has been made simpler. You can drop directly into debugging using a runsetting property. Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Testing
A series of short recipes for VSTS, VISUAL STUDIO and NUnit
I have had a need to have more easy access to information on how to do certain stuff, and have some easy access to simple code blocks, or templates, I can copy/paste. A blog post is for me somewhat more extensive, and that format was not really suited for smaller notes. So I decided to Continue Reading →
How to conditionally fail a build in a pull requests with TFS/VSTS
When your TFS/VSTS CI build is also used for a pull request, you often want to enable more checks before you let this go into the master (or any target) branch, and fail the build if these raise warnings. It can be extra tests you want to run, code quality checks, process checks, and you Continue Reading →
How to change test naming in Visual Studio using NUnit
The Visual Studio Test Explorer user interface have been nearly the same since 2012, with only a few minor updates. One thing that have annoyed a few people are how the test names are displayed. The Test Explorer have got a bit of critique on this, but it is not that hardcoded. It can be Continue Reading →
Test Data Retention policy added in TFS update 1
There has been an issue with growing databases due to test data and test attachments not being deleted. I have an earlier blogpost ( also here) on how to fix this, using a tool called Test Attachment Cleaner, and also containing a set of scripts you can run on your server to check on how Continue Reading →
Visual Studio Testing Tools–Two new hotfixes released
Update: These have been superseded and included in later Cumulative Updates. See http://wblo.gs/cu8v for checking what you got and updates, or download the tool. Also see info about the updates and extensions here. During the summer Microsoft has released two important hotfixes for the Testing tools. These two hotfixes solves 7 serious problems: # Issue Continue Reading →