Software:xUnit.net

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xUnit.net
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xUnit.net 1.9.1 GUI on Windows
Original author(s)James Newkirk, Brad Wilson
Developer(s)Microsoft, Outercurve Foundation, .NET Foundation
Stable release
2.6.2[1] / November 18, 2023; 3 months ago (2023-11-18)
Repositorygithub.com/xunit/xunit/
Written inC#
Operating systemWindows, macOS, Linux
Platform.NET Framework, .NET Core, Mono
TypeUnit testing tool
LicenseApache License 2.0
Websitexunit.net

xUnit.net is a free and open-source unit testing tool for the .NET Framework, written by the original author of NUnit. The software can also be used with .NET Core and [2] Mono.

It is licensed under Apache License 2.0, and the source code is available on GitHub.[3] xUnit.net works with Xamarin, ReSharper, CodeRush, and TestDriven.NET.[4] It is authored by James Newkirk and Brad Wilson.[5]

Example

Example of an xUnit.net test fixture:

using Xunit;

public class MyTests
{
    [Fact]
    public void MyTest()
    {
        Assert.Equal(4, 2 + 2);
    }
}

After you compile the test, run it in your console:

C:\MyTests\bin\Debug>xunit.console MyTestLibrary.dll
xUnit.net console test runner (64-bit .NET 2.0.50727.0)
Copyright (C) 2007-11 Microsoft Corporation.

xunit.dll:     Version 1.9.1.0
Test assembly: C:\MyTests\bin\Debug\MyTestLibrary.dll

1 total, 0 failed, 0 skipped, took 0.302 seconds

See also

References

Further reading

  • Ayobami, Adewole (2018). C# and .NET Core Test-Driven Development: Dive into TDD to create flexible, maintainable, and production-ready .NET Core applications. Packt Publishing. ISBN 978-1788299923. 
  • Nagel, Christian (2021). Professional C# and .NET. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1119797210. 

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