Running unit tests after local build with Visual Studio 2010

Question

Using Visual Studio 2010, is there a way to run all unit tests in a solution automatically after building the solution locally?

Answer 1

You could record a macro to do it. In the macro, you would run the build and then start the unit tests. Then you could just run the macro to do it all in one step. Check Tools->Macros for more details.

EDIT You can also record keyboard shortcuts for the macros, and I think you can use existing key sequences, such as CTRL-SHIFT-B for build. So if you wanted to override the default behavior of CTRL-SHIFT-B, this would be one way.

Answer 2

One of these macros should fulfill your needs:

    Sub RebuildAndTestAll()
        DTE.Solution().SolutionBuild().Clean(True)
        DTE.Solution().SolutionBuild().Build(True)
        DTE.ExecuteCommand("Test.RunAllTestsInSolution")
    End Sub

    Sub BuildAndTest()
        DTE.Solution().SolutionBuild().Build(True)
        DTE.ExecuteCommand("Test.RunAllTestsInSolution")
    End Sub

Answer 3

For those who want to test in Visual Studio 2012 here's a very interesting addon:

TestAfterBuild

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7X_-eKDhwk

http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/5dca9c5c-29cf-4fd7-b3ff-573e5776f0bd?SRC=VSIDE

Answer 4

This page describes running automated tests from the command line:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182486.aspx

MSTest.exe is the program you need, but there's much more info on the MS web site.

Answer 5

You could also try this addon: http://ox.no/software/continuoustesting

Answer 6

for anyone still reading this, use this visual studio extension:

http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/c074d3c6-71e2-4628-9e7c-7690e706aef4

It does exactly what you want, i.e. run your tests after a local build. Failed tests will show up as a build error in your error window...

Why is this not out-of-the-box functionality @Microsoft? :)