When do I use the TestFixtureSetUp attribute instead of a default constructor?

Question

The NUnit documentation doesn\'t tell me when to use a method with a TestFixtureSetup and when to do the setup in the constructor.

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Answer 1

Why would you need to use a constructor in your test classes?

I use [SetUp] and [TearDown] marked methods for code to be executed before and after each test, and similarly [TestFixtureSetUp] and [TestFixtureTearDown] marked methods for code to be executed only once before and after all test in the fixture have been run.

I guess you could probably substitute the [TestFixtureSetUp] for a constructor (although I haven't tried), but this only seems to break from the clear convention that the marked methods provide.