Visual Studio 2010 - Data Driven Unit Test

This article is a continuation of the earlier article "Visual Studio 2010 Tools - To improve code quality". Here I am going to demo data driven unit testing using a CSV file. Ultimately we are going to put test data into a CSV file and use that file data as an input for unit testing.

Please refer to my earlier article:

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/sanks/1733/Default.aspx

Step 1: View Unit Test Code

Here we have a MathLibrary project having Add, Multiply, Divide and Subtract methods in the CalculateBasic.cs class file. In the MathUnitTest project we have CalculateBasicTest.cs file for unit testing.



We are going to do a data driven unit test on the following MultiplyNumbers method.



The following is the Unit Test code for the above method.



Step 2: Create CSV file

To add a new CSV file to the Unit Test Project, right-click the MathUnitTest project and click Add -> New Item.



Select Text File and name it MultiplyTestData.csv.



Step 3: Add data to CSV file

As shown below the file is created; then enter test data as shown. As shown the CSV file, Number1 and Number 2 are input parameters and Total is the result of multiplication of Number1 and Number2.



Step 4: Set CSV file property

Right-click the MultiplyTestData.csv file and click properties. Select the Copy always option as shown below so that the file is copied to the bin folder after build.



Step 5: View Change Attribute of test method

To use the CSV file as an input for test data:

1. Change the attribute of the MultiplyNumbersTest method as shown below
2. Change the value assigned to Number1, Number2, expected as shown below. Here TextContext.DataRow[0] is the first column in the CSV file.
   
   
   

Step 6: Enable Deployment setting

Before running the Unit Test, click on Test -> Edit Test Settings -> Local (local.testsettings) as shown above. The following screen pops up and makes sure that Deployment Enable deployment is checked.



Step 7: Run Unit Test

Click on Test -> Window -> Test Impact View to view the test impact window. Then build the solution. The following screen is shown. Here in the code changes section we can see MultiplyNumbersTest method. Right-click and select Run Impacted Tests.



As shown below, the test is passed. Double-click on a Passed test in the Test Results window; it shows that all 3 rows from the CSV test has passed.



Conclusion: Using a CSV file, one can do Data driven Unit Testing. Here the advantage is we can test for all possible values and can also check the code coverage.