Windows Developer Power Tools

10.4 Getting More from Your Tests with Zanebug

Test runners from frameworks such as NUnit and MbUnit do a great job of managing and running tests from those environments, but you may want more control over which tests you run. You might also want to be able to get more information from your tests’ execution, or even to run groups of tests multiple times in one fell swoop.

Sean McCormack’s Zanebug will give you that control, as well as a wealth of information on how tests are executing. You can even make use of Windows Performance Monitor probes directly from Zanebug, which is handy if you’re trying to troubleshoot performance issues in your software or tests.

Zanebug at a Glance
Tool	Zanebug
Version covered	1.6.0b
Home page	http://www.adapdev.com
Power Tools page	http://www.windevpowertools.com/tools/29
Summary	Fast test runner with great control over how tests execute; gives tremendous amounts of performance-related data
License type	Freeware
Online resources	Forum, issue tracker
Supported Frameworks	.NET 1.1, 2.0
Related tools in this book	NUnit, MbUnit

Getting Started

Zanebug works with NUnit tests, so you’ll need NUnit 2.1 or 2.2.

Zanebug comes packaged as a simple executable installer. Download the executable and run it with Administrator privileges if you want it installed for all users.

Using Zanebug

Run Zanebug from the Start menu or, better yet, add it to your MagicWords list in SlickRun (discussed ...