How do I run .cs tests that I normally run in the Visual Studio Test Explorer, in the command line?

Question

While I'm developing, I often have to run about 5-6 tests to populate the data I need for tests. I want to automate this so I don't have to right-click/"Run" every time.

How can I get the command that VS is running so that I can just put it into a quick script that runs all the tests I need to run, in a single click (or single command) ?

Answer 1

The mstest.exe command line tool is what you are looking for.

Here on stack overflow, you find it under the [mstest] tag, for example how to run an mstest dll from command line

Answer 2

Some links that could help:

https://dev.to/hatsrumandcode/net-core-2-why-xunit-and-not-nunit-or-mstest--aei

https://xunit.github.io/docs/getting-started-dotnet-core

https://learn.microsoft.com/pt-br/dotnet/core/testing/unit-testing-with-dotnet-test