Does MSTest have standalone GUI similar to nUnit that lets me use it and run test without visual studio? What is the official site for MSTest where I can learn more about how to use it?
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It doesn't have a GUI (apart from Visual Studio) but there's a command line tool: MSTest.exe
Here is the official documentation on running MSTest tests.
You can do this with mstest.exe, but the trick is in getting it to work without installing visual studio. This involves the copying of several files and registry entries. I have blogged about it here.
Use VSTest.console.exe part of Microsoft.TestPlatform
Required steps:
- Download the test platform from https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.TestPlatform/
- Unzip
- In the unzipped folder, copy the \tools\net451\Common7\IDE\Extensions\TestPlatform folder to the machine that has no Visual Studio installed
- From cmd.exe run VSTest.console.exe MyTest.dll
More details here:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/test/vstest-console-options?view=vs-2017#general-command-line-options
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