Vista - Re: Unittest powershell provider

08-18-2008

On Aug 18, 1:11*pm, "newtops" <newt...@xxxxxx> wrote:

Quote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm working on a custom powershell provider. I am looking for a way to
> create unit tests to test this provider.
> I prefer to use the .Net unit test framework from within Visual Studio but
> don't see how to do this.
> I can of course call the .Net methods that form the provider directly from
> within a unit test but because the powershell output is written to the
> console and not as result of the unittest I don't know how the check if the
> test has succeeded or failed.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!

I've never used the .NET unit test framework. What is the output?

08-18-2008

On Aug 18, 4:11*pm, "newtops" <newt...@xxxxxx> wrote:

Quote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm working on a custom powershell provider. I am looking for a way to
> create unit tests to test this provider.
> I prefer to use the .Net unit test framework from within Visual Studio but
> don't see how to do this.
> I can of course call the .Net methods that form the provider directly from
> within a unit test but because the powershell output is written to the
> console and not as result of the unittest I don't know how the check if the
> test has succeeded or failed.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!

Have a look at some of our unit tests in the powershell community
extensions. admittedly, we don't use many tests at all (probably a bad
thing) but since this is a part time endeavour for us, we hope it's
forgiveable ;-)

http://www.codeplex.com/PowerShellCX...ngeSetId=35629

- Oisin

PowerShell MVP
http://www.nivot.org/

08-18-2008	#1 (permalink)
tojo2000 n/a posts	Re: Unittest powershell provider On Aug 18, 1:11*pm, "newtops" <newt...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > Hi, > > I'm working on a custom powershell provider. I am looking for a way to > create unit tests to test this provider. > I prefer to use the .Net unit test framework from within Visual Studio but > don't see how to do this. > I can of course call the .Net methods that form the provider directly from > within a unit test but because the powershell output is written to the > console and not as result of the unittest I don't know how the check if the > test has succeeded or failed. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks! I've never used the .NET unit test framework. What is the output?
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08-18-2008	#2 (permalink)
Oisin (x0n) Grehan [MVP] n/a posts	Re: Unittest powershell provider On Aug 18, 4:11*pm, "newtops" <newt...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > Hi, > > I'm working on a custom powershell provider. I am looking for a way to > create unit tests to test this provider. > I prefer to use the .Net unit test framework from within Visual Studio but > don't see how to do this. > I can of course call the .Net methods that form the provider directly from > within a unit test but because the powershell output is written to the > console and not as result of the unittest I don't know how the check if the > test has succeeded or failed. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks! Have a look at some of our unit tests in the powershell community extensions. admittedly, we don't use many tests at all (probably a bad thing) but since this is a part time endeavour for us, we hope it's forgiveable ;-) http://www.codeplex.com/PowerShellCX...ngeSetId=35629 - Oisin PowerShell MVP http://www.nivot.org/
My System Specs

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