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MbUnit, come one, come all

Something that I have never understood is why MbUnit is so over looked. MbUnit supports the same assert set as NUnit, so much so you can flip referances and it works with out fault. MbUnit then add's more assert tests and can be extended just like NUnit. MbUnit supports the same row and data fixtures as MSTest, given MSTest supports database driven fixtures but MbUnit has XML driven fixtures and then add's a load more different fixtures. MbUhit shares the same kind of license as NUnit and like NUnit is opensource. I am still only scatching the surface, take a look at some of the past comments to see why folks are into MbUnit.

MbUnit has a wiki, mailing lists and IRC channel so if you need help getting started or want to help out then your very welcome.

Posted: Oct 18 2005, 11:20 PM by astopford | with 6 comment(s)
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Dylan Marks said:

Do you know if MbUnit integrates with TestDriven.Net? (This is the plugin for Visual Studio allowing you to Right Click>Test, for those who might not know.)

# October 18, 2005 6:41 PM

Haacked said:

Dylan. MbUnit is packaged with TestDriven.Net as far as I know.

Andrew, I tried to downolad the latest bits from the wiki a couple days ago and I couldn't. I ended up getting it through TestDriven.NET. That may have contributed to the problem.

In any case, I've been tracking MbUnit for a long time (Ask Peli) but have finally made the switch. I wrote an article about it...

http://haacked.com/archive/2005/10/18/10856.aspx
# October 18, 2005 8:20 PM

css said:

I agree with Gustavo Guerra:
http://groups.google.com/group/MbUnitDev/browse_thread/thread/5ce2f73f4fc4ace4/098f5507407390b9#098f5507407390b9

Everyone is familiar with NUnit but not with MBUnit. It is hard to tell how active the project is. You need a roadmap page at least (not the Jira one) that has a schedule with some dates, features, and milestones. It is hard to tell what is going on with the project.
# October 18, 2005 9:50 PM

Frans Bouma said:

Is MbUnit still maintained? I can't download the final bits from its website as the download link gives a 404.

# October 19, 2005 4:26 AM

Ian Ringrose said:

I just done a quick test (on www.jobserve.co.uk) to see if the market values MbUnit skills. E.g. should I try to get nUnit or MbUnit on my CV. Agents and HR departments are not capable of doing more then counting keyboard, therefore having the wrong keywords means no interviews and therefore no job!

MbUnit -- No jobs were found to match your search.
nUnit -- 48 Matching Jobs

Someone could put nUnit there CV, even if they are using MbUnit, but that is not being truthful. Can truthful people get anywhere in IT?

Now if MbUnit was a set of extensions for nUnit rather then a replacement there would not be the above problem.
# October 19, 2005 7:37 AM

public MattBerther : ISerializable » Blog Archive » A Test Runner for mbUnit said:

PingBack from http://www.mattberther.com/?p=677

# August 31, 2006 3:14 AM
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