AutoFixture
AutoFixture is an open source library for .NET designed to minimize the 'Arrange' phase of your unit tests in order to maximize maintainability. Its primary goal is to allow developers to focus on what is being tested rather than how to setup the test scenario, by making it easier to create object graphs containing test data. (by AutoFixture)
NSubstitute
A friendly substitute for .NET mocking libraries. (by nsubstitute)
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| AutoFixture | NSubstitute | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 7 | |
| 2,946 | 1,919 | |
| 2.1% | 2.0% | |
| 3.1 | 3.7 | |
| about 1 month ago | about 1 month ago | |
| C# | C# | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
AutoFixture
Posts with mentions or reviews of AutoFixture.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-20.
- Integration tests without API dependencies with ASP.NET Core and WireMock.Net
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I need a C# crash course for experienced developers
AutoFixture
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Reduce your tests cognitive complexity with AutoFixture
Ensuring that your test is still readable and not bloated by the setup of those variables may be quite a challenge but hopefully no more with AutoFixture, let's see how!
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Practical complex data for unit testing
One neat library for creating and generating test data is AutoFixture. The creators describe it as follows:
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14 .NET packages I always recommend
First time I heard of Bogus, looks interesting, been using AutoFixture for those will definitely take a look at it.
- LPT: There is a library called Bogus, you should know it exists much earlier than I did in my career.
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Cell CMS - Criando testes de maneira prática
AutoFixture / AutoFixture
NSubstitute
Posts with mentions or reviews of NSubstitute.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-30.
- [AskJS] Can we talk about Stubs, Spies and Mocks in JavaScript and what a mess they are?
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Coincidence? I think not
it will change the URL from https://github.com/nsubstitute/NSubstitute to https://github.dev/nsubstitute/NSubstitute (or you can just nav there yourself).
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I need a C# crash course for experienced developers
NSubstitute
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Moq vs NSubstitute: syntax cheat sheet
🔗 NSubstitute documentation | NSubstitute
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My Top N Favorite Plugins and Tools for Developers
If you use NSubstitute (the best mocking .NET framework), then you have to install this small yet useful plugin right now. It kindly generates mocks and Arg.Is / Arg.Any.
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Dot net libraries/tools that are usefull in many projects
Another nice mocking framework is NSubstitute https://nsubstitute.github.io/
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Cell CMS - Criando testes de maneira prática
nsubstitute / NSubstitute
What are some alternatives?
When comparing AutoFixture and NSubstitute you can also consider the following projects:
Bogus - :card_index: A simple fake data generator for C#, F#, and VB.NET. Based on and ported from the famed faker.js.
Moq - Repo for managing Moq 4.x
FakeItEasy - The easy mocking library for .NET
NBuilder - Rapid generation of test objects in .NET
NUnit - NUnit 3 Framework
Rhino Mocks
MSTest - MSTest framework and adapter
Fluent Assertions - A very extensive set of extension methods that allow you to more naturally specify the expected outcome of a TDD or BDD-style unit tests. Targets .NET Framework 4.7, as well as .NET Core 2.1, .NET Core 3.0, .NET 6, .NET Standard 2.0 and 2.1. Supports the unit test frameworks MSTest2, NUnit3, XUnit2, MSpec, and NSpec3.
xUnit - xUnit.net is a free, open source, community-focused unit testing tool for .NET.