Unit Test ASP.net Page_Load

Question

How can create a unit test for the the Page_Load function in ASP.net?

I am using build in Visual Studio Unit test frame work. I want to create a unit test that check

Answer 1

Web forms really wasn't built to be run through unit testing. Here's a good article on what I'm talking about. If you really want your pages to be testable I'd consider moving over to asp.net mvc or mvp.

Answer 2

If you want testable ASP.NET WebForms code, check out this project. http://webformsmvp.com/

Answer 3

You're probably not going to be able to new up a Page outside of the ASP.NET runtime.

You may want to google around for the MVP (Model-View-Presenter) pattern under ASP.NET. It makes testing web code a lot easier IMHO. This article is a good starting point:

http://haacked.com/archive/2006/08/09/ASP.NETSupervisingControllerModelViewPresenterFromSchematicToUnitTestsToCode.aspx