NUnit Visual Studio Templates

An extension that adds Project and Item templates to Visual Studio along with Code Snippets to make unit testing with NUnit 3 easier. We currently only plan to add templates for NUnit 3, but will add templates for NUnit 2.6.4 if there is demand.

This project is build using SideWaffle, many thanks for their great work.

Content

The project currently provides the following templates.

Project Templates

Template	Language
NUnit 3 Unit Test Project	C#
NUnit 3 Unit Test Project	Visual Basic

Item Templates

Template	Language
NUnit Test Fixture	C#
NUnit Test Fixture	Visual Basic

Code Snippets

Snippet	Shortcut	Language
Test Fixture	ntf	C#
Test Method	ntest	C#
Test Case	ntc	C#

Contributing

Don't see the template you need or your favorite code snippet? All you need to do is fork the repository, add it and create a pull request. We love help and contributions.

For information on how to add templates and snippets, head over to the SideWaffle Documentation

We highly recommend that you use the following extensions for Visual Studio when working on this project.

• SideWaffle (Required) - Adds the templates and functionality you will need to work on this project.
• Snippet Designer - Provides a friendly UI for editing code snippets.
• EditorConfig - Configures tabs and spaces to the project defaults.
• Rebracer - Configures code formating to the NUnit project defaults in Visual Studio.

Adding Project Templates

TBC

Adding Item Templates

TBC

Adding Code Snippets

• In the language specific Snippets folder of the nunit.templates project, right click on the Test folder and Add | New item...*
• Search for snippet and add a new Code Snippet
• Make sure the build type for your new snippet is set to Content in the properties
• Edit your snippet making sure to give it a unique shortcut. We are currently starting all NUnit snippets with the letter n
• Test your snippet by compiling and running the project. This will open an experimental instance of Visual Studio with the extension installed for testing.
• Add your snippet to README.md
• Push your branch to GitHub and create a Pull Request