Re: Could Nunit test work for Microsoft SmartDeviceC#project.

Hi Michael,

I just found this old thread while searching for something else.
If you haven't yet come across NUnitLite, you may want to take
a look, since it will integrate with future versions of NUnit.

Charlie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
> Of Michael Reppy
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 8:38 AM
> To: Brad Stiles
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Nunit-users] Could Nunit test work for 
> Microsoft SmartDeviceC#project.
> 
> We also do this all the time.  95-99% of code seems works 
> exactly the same.  But the small differences are are why we 
> we use CFNUnitBridge to test in the actual Compact Framework 
> environment.
> 
> For instance:  if you try and set the Text or Font properties 
> of a System.Windows.Forms.Panel object, it will work fine in 
> the desktop environment, but it will throw an exception when 
> executed in the compact framework environment.  Now 
> admittedly there is a compiler warning against this, but in 
> this case that slipped by us until the CF test threw an exception.
> 
> 
> -Mikey
> 
> 
> 
> On Apr 4, 2007, at 7:30 AM, Brad Stiles wrote:
> 
> >>> Could Nunit test work for Visual Studio 2005 Microsoft 
> Smart Device 
> >>> C# project? Such as some applications run on pocket PC.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I develop a simple test project using Nunit2.2.9. When I 
> run it, I 
> >>> get Exception
> >
> >> Charlie Poole responded:
> >
> >> You would need a version of NUnit tailored to run under 
> the compact 
> >> framework. Some people have tried this and we (the NUnit project) 
> >> have plans to do it as well, but it doesn't exist now.
> >
> > If you are using only .NET Framework code, i.e. no third party 
> > libraries, you can often use the full framework version of NUnit to 
> > test Compact Framework code.
> >
> > I do this by creating a blank solution, then adding a Windows class 
> > library that I use for tests.  This library references the full 
> > framework and NUnit.  This will contain my unit tests.  I 
> then add a 
> > Smart Device class library project to the same solution.  This will 
> > contain my project code.  Set a project reference in the 
> test project 
> > to the smart device class library project (you'll get a 
> warning from 
> > Visual Studio that this may cause problems; I've never had 
> a problem 
> > with the simple stuff I do for my handheld), and you're ready to go.
> >
> > This works because when you execute a Compact Framework 
> application on 
> > your desktop, all the calls are actually redirected to the full 
> > framework.  Most third party libraries I've seen, even 
> those that have 
> > a CF version, don't do this redirection automatically, 
> though there's 
> > allegedly a way to make it happen.  This essentially means that you 
> > are
> > *mocking* the CF using the full framework, so be aware that 
> the code 
> > in your smart device library is *not* actually executing CF 
> code for 
> > the tests.  However the compiler is still checking your 
> code against 
> > the Compact Framework so that you can't include stuff that the CF 
> > doesn't include.
> >
> > It's not a perfect solution, but it has worked for me so far.  As I 
> > said, though, your code is *not* executing against the Compact 
> > Framework when you do this, so hopefully MS has tested that 
> they both 
> > do the same things when sent the same message. :)
> >
> > Brad
> >
> >
> > 
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