ANN: NUnit 2.5 Release Candidate is Out

[Charlie Poole]

Hi All,

I'll spread the word more widely tomorrow, but it's downloadable now
from the sourceforge site or http://nunit.org/?p=download

Charlie

[Charlie Poole]

Hi All,

Here's the text of the official announcement I'm sending out
to a number of lists. Feel free to redistribute it yourself.

Charlie

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The NUnit 2.5 release candidate is now available at
http://nunit.org/?p=download.

NUnit 2.5 is a very big release, so you'll have to read the release notes at
http://nunit.org/?p=releaseNotes&r=2.5 for the full story. But here are ten
reasons to give it a try...

1. Parameterized (data-driven) tests are supported, with features similar to
those found in mbUnit and xUnit.net.

2. Theories - as used in JUnit- are supported fully, including support for
Assume.That.

3. New attributes allow the specifying the thread and apartment state
requirements of a test.

4. Exception handling can now be moved into the test code using
Assert.Throws or the
Throws.Exception syntax.

5. Test methods and fixtures may now be generic and many asserts and
constraint expressions now support generic syntax.

6. Many constraints now permit substitution of a user-defined comparison
algorithm through the Using modifier. Lambda expressions are supported.

7. Test execution may now take place in a separate process for better
isolation.

8. Tests may be loaded and executed using a selected runtime version.

9. Tests, setup methods, teardown methods and data sources may be static if
desired. If there are no instance methods, then NUnit doesn't need to
construct your test class.

10. Source code is displayed in the gui, where available.


See http://nunit.org for more info.
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[Simone Busoli]

Looking at all of them together the list of changes is impressive. Great job Charlie.

[Charlie Poole]

Hi Simone,

> Looking at all of them together the list of changes is
> impressive. Great job Charlie.

Thanks, I appreciate it.

That said, I'd definitely like to get back to small, frequent
releases as soon as possible! :-)

Charlie

[Charlie Poole]

Hi All,

I blogged a slightly modified top ten list, with a bit more
explanation of each one, at http://nunit.com/blogs/?p=66.

It would be cool if others would blog their own lists or mods.

Charlie

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[Fabio Maulo]

Eco done

http://fabiomaulo.blogspot.com/2009/04/nunit-25-is-out.html

CONGRATULATION!!!! To you and the team.

2009/4/29 Charlie Poole <cha...@nunit.com>

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[Charlie Poole]

Great!

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[Fabio Maulo]

Add something about new features of the new GUI, it has not trivial improvements.

Some screen shots with few words will be enough to generate big attention ;)

2009/4/30 Charlie Poole <cha...@nunit.com>

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[Sergey Popov]

I wrote a NUnit 2.5 "What's new" review in Russian :)

http://blogs.gotdotnet.ru/personal/sergeypopov/PermaLink.aspx?guid=0d7f1df6-f6b0-45a2-802c-e724a3e67bf9

Sergey Popov.

[Charlie Poole]

Hi Sergey,

This looks great. I actually know enough Russian to read
technical stuff with a dictionary, and I like the detail
you put into this.

Charlie

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[Sergey Popov]

Hi Charlie!

Thank you!

Sergey Popov.

[Olof Bjarnason]

Great work Charlie!!

2009/4/30 Sergey Popov <psg...@gmail.com>:

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[Mark Levison]

When you release I write it up on InfoQ.

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[Charlie Poole]

Hi Mark,

 

That would be great.

 

Charlie

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Subject: [nunit-discuss] Re: ANN: NUnit 2.5 Release Candidate is Out

[Charlie Poole]

Hi Olof,

Thanks! I'm anxious to move to the next thing, but
of course we have to dot the I's and cross the T's
for 2.5 first.

[Charlie Poole]

Sergey,

How well does the new stack display deal with a Russian
language stack trace? If you send me a sample stack trace
in Russian I'll add a test.

[Sébastien Lorion]

Updated my post too :)

http://sebastienlorion.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/nunit-25-release-candidate-now-available/

Sébastien

[Sergey Popov]

Hi Charlie!

I’m sorry, I use English Windows Vista and don’t have Russian version
of NET Framework installed... In English OS with Russian regional
setting and with English NET Framework, the stack trace looks
absolutely the same as the stack trace in English OS with English
regional settings :)

I’m going to install Russian framework version to Virtual PC today or
tomorrow, and then will send you the report.

Sergey Popov.

[Charlie Poole]

Hi Sergey,

It's not a rush, since I'm putting out the release already,
but it would be nice to know that it works. :-)

[Sergey Popov]

Hi Charlie!

The sample stack trace made in Russian Windows with Russian NET
framework is attached. Exception Browser works properly on this
configuration.

Sergey Popov.

[Charlie Poole]

Thanks! Even though it works, I'm adding it to the tests in
case of later regression.