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ApprovalTests

Capturing Human Intelligence - ApprovalTests is an open source assertion/verification library to aid unit testing.

It is compatible with most .Net unit testing frameworks (Nunit, MsTest, Xunit, MBUnit)

What can it be used for?

Approval Tests can be used for verifying objects that require more than a simple assert. They also come prepackaged with utilities for some common .Net scenarios including

  • Dictionaries & Collections
  • Long Strings
  • Log Files
  • Asp.Net
  • Asp.Net Mvc
  • Winforms
  • Wpf
  • Entity Framework
  • Rdlc reports

You can watch a bunch of short videos on getting started and using ApprovalTests in .Net at YouTube

Podcasts

If you prefer auditory learning, you might enjoy the following podcast

Available on NuGet

Install-Package ApprovalTests

Nightly (CI) Builds available at myget.org:

ApprovalTests Nightly Build Status

ApprovalTests on the MyGet Gallery

Examples

Sample Code

[UseReporter(typeof(DiffReporter))]
[TestFixture]
public class SampleTest
{
	[Test]
	public void TestList()
	{
		var names = new[] {"Llewellyn", "James", "Dan", "Jason", "Katrina"};
		Array.Sort(names);
		Approvals.VerifyAll(names, "");
	}
}

Will Produce a File

SampleTest.TestList.received.txt
[0] = Dan
[1] = James
[2] = Jason
[3] = Katrina
[4] = Llewellyn

Simply rename this to SampleTest.TestList.approved.txt and the test will now pass.

Approved File Artifacts

The *.approved.* files must be checked into source your source control. This can be an issue with git as it will change the line endings. The suggested fix is to add *.approved.* binary to your .gitattributes

Do not add *.received.* files to your source control (they are transitory, and some SCMs like TFS will lock them or mark them read-only, which will break every dependent test).

More Info

LICENSE

Apache 2.0 License

Questions?

ask on twitter: @LlewellynFalco or #ApprovalTests