NFluent VS NUnit

Compare NFluent vs NUnit and see what are their differences.

NFluent

Smooth your .NET TDD experience with NFluent! NFluent is an ergonomic assertion library which aims to fluent your .NET TDD experience (based on simple Check.That() assertion statements). NFluent aims your tests to be fluent to write (with a super-duper-happy 'dot' auto-completion experience), fluent to read (i.e. as close as possible to plain English expression), but also fluent to troubleshoot, in a less-error-prone way comparing to the classical .NET test frameworks. NFluent is also directly inspired by the awesome Java FEST Fluent assertion/reflection library (http://fest.easytesting.org/) (by tpierrain)
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C# C#
Apache License 2.0 MIT License
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NFluent

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

NUnit

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  • CI/CD Pipeline Using GitHub Actions: Automate Software Delivery
    8 projects | dev.to | 21 Jul 2023
    .NET / xUnit / NUnit / MSTest
  • Fluent Assertions: Fluently Assert the Result of .NET Tests
    3 projects | dev.to | 11 Jul 2023
    This library extends the traditional assertions provided by frameworks like MSTest, NUnit, or XUnit by offering a more extensive set of extension methods. Fluent Assertions supports a wide range of types like collections, strings, and objects and even allows for more advanced assertions like throwing exceptions.
  • TDD vs BDD - A Detailed Guide
    6 projects | dev.to | 9 Jun 2023
    Next, you need to install a testing framework that will be used for performing unit testing in your project. Several testing frameworks are available depending on the programming language used to create an application. For example, JUnit is commonly used for Java apps, pytest for Python apps, NUnit for .NET apps, Jest for JavaScript apps, and so on. We’ll use the Jest framework for this tutorial since we are using JavaScript.
  • Setting up a simple testing project with C#
    7 projects | dev.to | 27 May 2023
    At this point you're going to see a familiar screen asking you to select a project. Here we're looking for a test project. By default, Visual Studio gives you access to 3 different testing frameworks based on your choice of project. These are MSTest, XUnit and NUnit. Ultimately, all 3 of these testing accomplish the same thing, and I've worked with all of them at various points in my career. The difference is mainly in exact syntax and documentation. Although, it's generally considered that MSTest is a little "older" than NUnit or XUnit, so I tend to see it less now. For the purposes of this demo, I'm going to go with NUnit:
  • Test-Driven Development
    3 projects | dev.to | 4 May 2023
    Use a testing framework: Utilize a testing framework like NUnit, xUnit, or MSTest to create, organize, and run your tests. These frameworks provide a consistent way to write tests, generate test reports, and integrate with continuous integration tools.
  • Debugging extension for test library
    2 projects | /r/csharp | 13 Apr 2023
    So I wrote extension attribute for Nunit, the opposite of how the retry attribute works.
  • 2023 Development Tool Map
    20 projects | dev.to | 19 Feb 2023
  • Unlock the Power of Unit Testing: A Beginner’s Guide to Quality Software Development
    3 projects | dev.to | 30 Jan 2023
    **NUnit**
    3 projects | dev.to | 30 Jan 2023
    This is a basic example of how to create an NUnit unit test for a simple API in a controller with C#. You can find more information and resources on the NUnit website and in the NUnit documentation.
  • Creating Your Own Custom Attributes in C# and Retrieving Their Values
    3 projects | dev.to | 17 Dec 2022
    I was trying to think of an example of where C# attributes might be used in every day life and then it dawned on me: unit testing! If you have ever used a unit test framework such as MSTest, NUnit or xUnit, you will have used attributes in C# to define the classes and methods that you would like the test framework to execute. This is just one example of how you can use attributes to assign metadata to elements of your code.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing NFluent and NUnit you can also consider the following projects:

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.

NSubstitute - A friendly substitute for .NET mocking libraries.

xUnit - xUnit.net is a free, open source, community-focused unit testing tool for .NET.

Moq - Repo for managing Moq 4.x [Moved to: https://github.com/moq/moq]

Shouldly - Should testing for .NET—the way assertions should be!

coverlet - Cross platform code coverage for .NET [Moved to: https://github.com/coverlet-coverage/coverlet]

dotnet-testcontainers - 🐋 A library to support tests with throwaway instances of Docker containers for all compatible .NET Standard versions. [Moved to: https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-dotnet]

Machine.Specifications - Machine.Specifications is a Context/Specification framework for .NET that removes language noise and simplifies tests.

Bogus - :card_index: A simple fake data generator for C#, F#, and VB.NET. Based on and ported from the famed faker.js.

FakeItEasy - The easy mocking library for .NET