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  damon2012

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  Whats this syntax

  Nov 20, 2012 09:09 AM|LINK

  Hi,

  what below is the [TestMethod] used for?

  [TestMethod] 
   public async Task AsyncTest() 
   
   { 

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  Nov 20, 2012 09:12 AM|LINK

  in order to an Test framework( MS Test, NUnit, others) to run this method.

   

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  Re: Whats this syntax

  Nov 20, 2012 09:15 AM|LINK

  Hi,

  sorry can you explain that a bit more I did not fully understand what you said,

  thanks,

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  Nov 20, 2012 09:55 AM|LINK

  Automated tests are test that runs... well, automatically, to verify some features of the software.

  search for a MSTEst tutorial or NUnit Tutorial

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  Re: Whats this syntax

  Nov 20, 2012 10:16 AM|LINK

  Hi there thanks. I know they are unit tests. But I want to know what the specific syntax [TestMethod] is above the method?

  
  Thanks.

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  Nov 20, 2012 12:40 PM|LINK

  it's an attribute

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.visualstudio.testtools.unittesting.testmethodattribute(v=vs.80).aspx

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