Test published output with dotnet vstest

You can run tests on already published output by using the dotnet vstest command. This will work on xUnit, MSTest, and NUnit tests. Simply locate the DLL file that was part of your published output and run:

dotnet vstest <MyPublishedTests>.dll

Where <MyPublishedTests> is the name of your published test project.

Example

The commands below demonstrate running tests on a published DLL.

dotnet new mstest -o MyProject.Tests
cd MyProject.Tests
dotnet publish -o out
dotnet vstest out/MyProject.Tests.dll

Note

Note: If your app targets a framework other than netcoreapp, you can still run the dotnet vstest command by passing in the targeted framework with a framework flag. For example, dotnet vstest <MyPublishedTests>.dll --Framework:".NETFramework,Version=v4.6". In Visual Studio 2017 Update 5 and later, the desired framework is automatically detected.

See also

• Unit Testing with dotnet test and xUnit
• Unit Testing with dotnet test and NUnit
• Unit Testing with dotnet test and MSTest