C# 6 and .NET Core 1.0: Modern Cross-Platform Development

Unit testing an application

Microsoft has a proprietary unit testing framework known as MS Test, which is closely integrated with Visual Studio. However, to use a unit testing framework that is compatible with .NET Core, we will use the third-party framework xUnit.net.

Creating a unit of code that needs testing

Add a new Class Library project named Ch05_Calculator. In the Solution Explorer window, right-click on the Class1.cs file and choose Rename. Change its name to Calculator.

Modify the code to look like this:

namespace Ch05_Calculator
{
    public class Calculator
    {
        public double Add(double a, double b)
        {
            return a * b;
        }
    }
}

Creating a unit test project

Add a new Class Library project named Ch05_CalculatorUnitTests. In the Solution Explorer, right-click ...