Unit testing for DevExpress

[J Cod3r]

Hi All, I’m looking for a good Unit tester that can test both the UI and the business object models. We are using the DevExpress expressApps framework. I am aware of NUnit, MBunit, XUnit and TestDriven.net but I’m not sure what ties in the best with DevExpress. Thanks,

[Kevin McFarlane]

Have you tried asking at the devexpress forums?

Kevin

[N a v a n e e t h]

I use devExress controls and tested it using NUnit. You need to implement some pattern like MVP/MVC and make your views humble. So you can test it easily. It's a huge topic and reading this[^] blog will give you some ideas. Just read his CAB series. It's worth reading.

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[J Cod3r]

Yes I have and no one has a single solution. Most of them are using a mixture of different unit testing software.

[Dennis Garavsky]

Hello, You can use any unit tester with DevExpress, because they are not specific to any developer tool by design. We even have our own Unit test runner tool[^] Many of us are using it internally. As for testing eXpressApp Framework applications, I suggest you have a look at our own functional testing framework - EasyTest[^]. It was specially designed to test XAF applications and we have been successfull using it to test XAF releases internally for more than 6 years. BTW, EasyTest also can be used to test regular non-XAF applications build using DevExpress components. Please contact our Support Team[^] in case of any questions. Finally, I suggest you look at the Best practices of creating reusable XAF modules by example of a View Variants module extension[^] blog I recently wrote. You may be interested in it, because it also demonstrates how EasyTest can save you a lot of time. Thanks, Dennis DevExpress Support, R&D, .NET Application Frameworks