.NET Core Test Explorer

Features

• Test Explorer for .NET Core

Prerequisites

• .NET Core is installed
• NUnit and MsTest requires a dotnet sdk version of >= 2.1.2

New in 0.3.0

Test explorer has moved to the test view panel

Test being run are indicated by a spinner

Failed test adds to the problem terminal view. This can be turned off with a setting

New keyboard shortcuts for re-running last test command and running all tests.

Usage

Open a .NET Core test project, or set dotnet-test-explorer.testProjectPath to the folder path of .NET Core test project. Then, you will see all the tests in Test Explorer.

Keyboard shortcuts

• Run all tests, default Alt+R Alt+A

• Rerun last command, default Alt+R Alt+R

• Run test(s) in context, default Alt+R Alt+C

Settings

• dotnet-test-explorer.testProjectPath: Folder path of .NET Core test project. You could set the full path or the relative path to the workspace root path. (Default is "")
• dotnet-test-explorer.useTreeView: If false, will list all tests as the full namespace. When set to true a tree will be created based on the namespaces of the tests. (Default is true)
• dotnet-test-explorer.build: If true, projects will be built when refreshing the test explorer. (Default is true)
• dotnet-test-explorer.restore: If true, dotnet restore will run when refreshing the test explorer. (Default is true)
• dotnet-test-explorer.showCodeLens: Determines whether to show the CodeLens test status or not. (Default is true)
• dotnet-test-explorer.codeLensFailed: The text to display in the code lens when a test has failed. (Default is "")
• dotnet-test-explorer.codeLensPassed: The text to display in the code lens when a test has passed. (Default is "")
• dotnet-test-explorer.codeLensSkipped: The text to display in the code lens when a test has been skipped. (Default is "")
• dotnet-test-explorer.pathForResultFile: The path to (temporarily) store test result files in. (Default is os temp dir)
• dotnet-test-explorer.autoExpandTree: If true, the tree will be in an expanded state by default. (Default is false)
• dotnet-test-explorer.addProblems: If true, failed tests will add to problems view. (Default is true)

Known issues

Test result is not shown in codelens / tree

Try and change the setting dotnet-test-explorer.pathForResultFile to point to a folder you have access right too. Code lense functionality also requires the C# extension)

No tree view or color coded explorer for nunit / mstest

This requieres you to run dotnet sdk version 2.1.2 or higher.

DisplayName attribute not working for xunit

See #56

Telemetry data

By default, anonymous telemetry data collection is turned on to understand user behavior to improve this extension. To disable it, update the settings.json as below:

{
    "dotnet-test-explorer.enableTelemetry": false
}

Change Log

See Change Log here

Issues

Currently, the extension is in the very initial phase. If you find any bug or have any suggestion/feature request, please submit the issues to the GitHub Repo.