TestDriven.NET Build 841 RC6

This was so nearly V1.0!  Unfortunately my Subversion source control database wedged itself with immaculate timing - I was in the middle of the last couple of checkins!  It has been repairing itself for the last 24 hours.  I don't know exactly when I'll be able to do the final build.  I've only had a problem with SVN once before (in over a year of heavy use).  It was able to repair itself last time - it just took a while.

Luckily I have an automated build from the checkin before.  I have tackled every reported issue and done a lot of work on the installer.  It will now automatically uninstall any previous versions and warn if there are open instances of Visual Studio.  If the uninstall should fail for any reason you can always use the MsiZap GUI.  Let me know if you have any issues.

One good thing that came out of the delay is support for debugging C++ projects. Support for C++ had always been a bit flaky. I'm happy to say it now works in Visual Studio 2002, 2003 and 2005!

You can download RC6 here.  Support for debugging mixed mode C++ projects will be in the final version. Watch this space.

3 Comments

  • How do I get the nice green color bar to show up like the one in your screenshot. I love the tool but I don't see any color in VS.NET and I miss the psychological factor of the green/red colors that NUnit has.

  • Oh, this green bar is Visual Studio 2005 thing. It shows what lines have added to the current source file.



    I do update the Visual Studio progress bar when a test run is in progress. I'm afraid there is no way to change the color when a test fails.



    The green/red bar is something people keep asking for. Unfortunately add-in tool windows do have some issues associated with them. Getting one to work consistently for all versions of Visual Studio was proving problematic. I do have some ideas for an alternative approach. I may have another go in the next version.

  • Thanks for the info Jamie.



    Next issue I seem to be having is that it appears that if I have a compile error in one project in a solution I can't debug a test in another project that compiles successfully in the same solution. (Sometimes on a team you get into a situation where someone put something in the code that can't be fixed until speaking with them but I still need to do TDD in a different assembly of the app.)

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