How can I set up an ASP .NET MVC application with NUnit unit tests in Visual Web Developer 2010 Express?

Question

I understand that the Express edition doesn't template unit test projects... but being a complete newbie to Microsoft dev tools, I can't figure out how to set up the necessary things manually either. So could someone please walk me through how to get NUnit going?

Answer 1

It's actually quite simple:

1. Download NUnit.
2. Set up a new console application or class library in Visual Studio.
3. Add a reference to the nunit.framework.
4. Add a reference to the class library you want to test (put the code you want to test into a separate class library)
5. Follow a tutorial on how to create your own tests.

See this link for a sample MVC 1.0 project and sample templates, or this link for MVC 2.0 templates.