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Compact Framework Unit Testing

Mon, May 16, 2005, 12:49 PM under MobileAndEmbedded
Question:
Do Smart Device Projects (i.e. Compact Framework projects) support unit testing as offered by Visual Studio 2005?

Investigation:
1. In a CF project write the following method:
public Int32 GetBuildVersionPart(){
 return System.Environment.Version.Build;
}
2. Right click on the method and choose "Create Tests...", choose C# and OK, choose default name and OK

3. Set the newly created project as startup project (via context menu)

4. Go to the test method and change the following line:
int expected = 0;
to
int expected = 50215;

5. Comment out the Assert.Inconclusive line

6. Run the project

7. Observe: The PPC emulator starts, which is promising, but unfortunately the unit test passes :-(
It would not pass if it was running against the CF, as the build number is 5056 (the full framework build number for Beta 2 is 50215).

Conclusion:
Unit testing is not supported by CF projects and instead the tests get retargeted to the full framework (much like Deploy to My Computer).

Link:
For an open source project that supports unit tests running on the device, see CFNUnitBridge from Trey
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