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Run your unit tests directly from VS.NET

I’m not big on advertising for commercial products, but the people at JetBrains have always managed to release exquisite software at very reasonable prices. I have been a fan since I first used their Java IDE IntelliJ IDEA (that’s already 4 years ago), and their Visual Studio add-in ReSharper made the switch from Java to .Net a lot easier for me.

This is why I’m glad that they have decided to release the unit test runner from ReSharper for free as a separate add-in called UnitRun.

From their early access program newsgroup:

We are glad to announce opening of Early Access Program for our new product — ReSharper UnitRun. This product is basically ReSharper’s unit testing functionality released separately that will be available for free. At JetBrains we believe that developers should have free tools supporting their basic needs and recent development of TDD makes unit test runners a part of the basic package. The software is free, you only will be asked to register on the first use. You may cancel the registration in which case you will be able to use the add-in for 30 days without registration prompt. ReSharper UnitRun is based on new ReSharper core which will be available as part of the next ReSharper release. Note that UnitRun cannot be installed on machines with ReSharper 2.0 installed (but you probably don’t need it in the case because ReSharper already has UnitRun inside).

You can download an early access version of the unit test runner from their EAP site.
Note that this is a pre-beta version and is bound to have some issues.

Alternatively, you can use this direct download link to the msi installer: http://download.jetbrains.com/resharper/unitrun.msi.

Resharper 2.0#251

The people over at JetBrains released the latest bugfix version of Resharper 2.0 earlier today. It has been labeled build 251.

It fixes an important bug (at least to me) causing the editor to respond very slow to keystrokes on some systems when a popup was showing. This is the only bug that kept me from using all features of Resharper.

It is really the greatest addon you’ll find for VS, in fact: without it VS feels like notepad to me :)

Get the latest official release here, or go for the latest bugfix version.