Current dev tools, including the vsts do not support running tests in the traditional way. Microsoft designed silverlight with the ability to deliver highfidelity experiences on the broadest set of system configurations. Instructions for uninstalling previous versions of silverlight from your macintosh computer. Follow the steps below to install the silverlight plugin on your mac computer. In order for a silverlight test to run, it needed to be hosted inside a web page. You can run your regular nunit or mstest tests only in. Note that this is currently the only way to run tests under silverlight 5. Nunit is run by the core team, rob prouse, charlie poole. The nunit test generator works with nunit to make your life easier. Microsoft is using a provider model to this framework which enables third party unit testing frameworks to inject there own runner. This tutorial will show users how to properly delete and reinstall the sil. My question doesnt fit any of the provided forum options, so ive slotted it into the only mac related area.
This runner can be nicely placed in your righthand side toolbox and will allow you to run unittests as easy as any other microsoft framework you might think of. I have downloaded silverlight and installed it and it still wont work,i tried to download again and it says already exsistswhat should i do now. One place for all extensions for visual studio, azure devops services, azure devops server and visual studio code. Net framework and compatible with multiple browsers, devices and operating systems, bringing a new level of interactivity wherever the web works. Its also necessary to add a reference to the shared test project containing the tests. Note that this is currently the only way to run tests under silverlight. But now, thanks to silverunit, built on top of typemock isolator, it is possible to test silverlight with ease. The nunit test generator creates nunit, microsoft unit tests, csunit, mbunit, and xunit tests using your vb. Im not getting much success at all so far, nor help from the web. Download and install the latest version microsoft silverlight plug in for your browser.
The silverlight unit test adapter can be extended by using plugins. Net cli packagereference paket cli installpackage silverlighttoolkittesting version 5. I can see how a testing framework that could easily interact with silverlight would be a useful thing, so i set off to prove the concept. The microsoft silverlight unit test framework microsoft. If you are running an intel processor, click mac runtime next to silverlight 3. How to uninstall and reinstall silverlight for mac mytalk. Getting started in visual studio for mac nunitdocs wiki. I recently tried writing some unit tests for a silverlight 4 project. Otherwise, click runtime for mac powerpc next to silverlight 1.
The solution may be as simple as opening safari then opening preferences under the security icon open plugin settings button, check to see if the silverlight icon is checked, if it is not check the box and then try opening the application or website that uses silverlight. The first barrier i ran into is that the typical way of creating unit tests create a dll, reference nunit and your assembly to test, doesnt work, since you cant mix silverlight assemblies with standard. Locate the install silverlight area in the lowerright part of the window. Open the downloads page and doubleclick on silverlight. It not only creates the stubs for the tests, it extracts the the documentation youve already written for your properties and methods. Microsoft silverlight is a crossbrowser, crossplatform plugin for delivering the next generation of. These include shortening the development cycle, reducing the development costs, increasing code coverage, releasing a product with fewer bugs, providing good documentation and more microsoft silverlight runs with its own version of. I have discovered that nunit doesnt work as standard as it isnt silverlight and that the tools available for silverlight testing appear to primarily be aimed at running.
It is fullfeatured, with support for instance and type interception and custom extensions. As selenium is all javascript, i thought itd be nice to make sure it can test silverlight applications. This guide assumes that you have a solution with either a pcl or a shared project and a number of platform specific projects. This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. The nunitlite approach provides a way to run nunit tests without a full install of the nunit runner and test engine assemblies. Jan 21, 20 silverlight support is provided by agunit, which enables running and debugging your unit tests in silverlight projects, and of course handles the silverlight test frameworks asynchronousattribute. Enabling silverlight is necessary in order to run quickflix on your web browser. When a silverlight dialog box opens, select install now. Unit testing silverlight tutorial silverunit test typemock. Using moq with silverlight for advanced unit tests moq is a library that assists with running unit tests by providing easily mocked objects that implement interfaces and abstract classes.
Plugins can be used to manipulate the test results as a way to workaround some of the limitations when running unit tests in silverlight. A type or namespace that is used in the program was not found. After the download is completed, installation should start automatically. Net based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the web. Silverlight home page prepare for silverlight 5 end of support after october 2021. Apr 02, 2008 in addition to supporting the above unit test harness and framework, we are also going to support ui automation apis with the final release of silverlight 2. Silverlight for mac is not being recognized or you are continually. But in order to use it, youll need to change the app. Toegang tot rijke webinhoud met animaties en video. Follow the troubleshooting steps below to resolve the issue. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided. One of the important capabilities we shipped with the beta1 release of silverlight 2 was a unit test harness that enables you to perform both apilevel and uilevel unit testing. In visual studio, from the tools menu, select nuget package.
Silverlight issues on mac os x mavericks in safari browser. Net languages, and supports qunit and jasmine for javascript. For unit testing you can create a silverlight nunit project and use the usual testdriven. The first barrier i ran into is that the typical way of creating unit tests create a dll, reference nunit and your assembly to test, doesnt work, since you cant mix silverlight assemblies with. Using moq with silverlight for advanced unit tests. It supports fast, costeffective delivery of highquality video to all major browsers running on mac os or windows os. Jul 02, 2015 silverlight is a free plugin, powered by the. Forms as nuget dependencies to the newly created projects. Initially ported from junit, the current production release, version 3, has been completely rewritten with many new features and support for a wide range of. Up until now, it was not possible to isolate silverlight code in tests. Jan 29, 2011 my team is working on a silverlight project for the last three months. Silverlight is a powerful development tool for creating engaging, interactive user experiences for web and mobile applications. You might have forgotten to reference reference the assembly that contains the type, or you might not have added the required using directive.
Oplossing voor niet werkende microsoft silverlight. While the corpoarate standard is nunit, they are open to other options as there arent any other teams doing silverlight work. In summary you now have 3 options when testing silverlight projects. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. These will enable accessibility scenarios allowing screen readers to work with silverlight and enable section 508 compliance of silverlight applications. Apr 16, 2018 locate the install silverlight area in the lowerright part of the window. It keeps saying i need to install the silverlight plugin so i did. The app was working correctly, however a fter upgrading to macosx high sierra, if we try to import photos from the library we receive an exception. Silverlight is the browser plugin that allows you to watch tv shows and movies on your computer. Mozilla firefox click the tools drop down menu and select. I havent been able to find a version of nunit that has been built to work with the silverlight 5 runtime. Silverlight not working in macosx high sierra apple.
Visual studio marketplace extensions for visual studio. There is a distribution for silverlight, and in this post ill focus on some ways to use moq for some more. Oct 12, 2016 microsoft silverlight is a crossbrowser, crossplatform plugin for delivering the next generation of. Silverlight for mac is not being recognized or you are. Netflix is prompting me to upgrade silverlight on my mac. For integration testing within the context of a browser you can use the silverlight testing framework.
When designing the silverlight unit test framework, it became clear that there were three or four distinct test engine components that could be combined into a single test system. Aug 14, 2009 this feature is not available right now. May 17, 2012 in some cases, the microsoft silverlight plugin may need to be deleted and reinstalled for proper function of workspace. The preferred way to download nunit is through the nuget package manager. These releases are needed by many people for legacy work, so we keep them around for download. Old versions of the silverlight plugin for mac os x have been added to the firefox addon blocklist. Im trying to get silverlight to work on mac os x, any browser would do. Automated silverlight 5 unit testing for business logic. Visualiza contenidos web elaborados mediante esta tecnologia.
The type or namespace name typenamespace could not be found are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference. First, i made a supersimple xaml of a textblock and a circle. Bugs are accepted on older releases only if they can be reproduced on a current release. A few weeks ago aaron brazell mentioned on twitter that he had been unable to run. If youre using visual studio for mac the nunit templates extension cant be used. Moq is a library that assists with running unit tests by providing easily mocked objects that implement interfaces and abstract classes. How to download and install silverlight for mac youtube. Out of the box, it works with nunit and microsofts visual studio unit testing framework henceforth mstest for brevity for. Nunit features a fluent assert syntax, parameterized, generic and theory tests and is userextensible.
Perhaps surprisingly, a couple of our own products are also plugins for resharpers unit test runner dottrace and dotcover. Heres that money project running on os xsafari, via the silverlight unit test framework and nunit. One of the first issues we encountered was unit testing for the silverlight libraries. Discover and install extensions and subscriptions to create the dev environment you need. I understand that vs for mac is a totally different beast to vs in windows, but im struggling to run my nunit web driver tests within the mac version. Paths can be specified relative to the test assembly.
Initially ported from junit, the current production release, version 3. Im not married to a particular framework, but corporate seems to be most open to nunit or mstest. Prem tinsulanonda international school how to download and install silverlight on a mac. For spelunking individual methods inside the coreclr you can use test with silverlight. Our team is using silverlight 5 for development as it has features we require going forward. Jun 14, 2017 if youre using visual studio for mac the nunit templates extension cant be used. Click here for a guide on how to resolve streaming issues with mac os x mavericks in the safari browser. Unit testing silverlight with selenium july 31, 07 comments 9 posted in programming silverlight. The latest releases of can always be found on the relevant github releases. Aug 08, 2012 unity is a dependency injection container.
This testing harness is cross browser and cross platform, and can be used to quickly run and verify automated unit tests. Testing is a simple, extensible unit testing solution for rich silverlight 2 applications, controls and class libraries. Unit testing silverlight with selenium scott hanselman. It works really well, but were now planning to move to silverlight 5. We recently developed both ios and android apps for our company, so purchaced a mac for dev and testing purposes. Blocking old versions of silverlight on mac os x mozilla.
Only the framework and a small runner program are installed. Resharper plugins for unit testing mspec, and silverlight. Silverunit does not require that you run your tests inside the silverlight runtime. Oct 07, 20 prem tinsulanonda international school how to download and install silverlight on a mac.
Silverlight for mac is not being recognized or you are continually prompted to install. To determine the version, click to select the file. To execute one or more unit tests you should use run tests rather than test with silverlight. We did this because these versions of the plugin are causing instability in firefox, including crashing on popular sites such as hotmail. Nov 30, 2016 trying to use directv now but will not play on my mac mini 2012. Im about halfway through roy osheroves unit testing book, so im getting a feel for writing tests in general. Nunit silverlight 3 nunit is a unittesting framework for all. Were currently doing a good bit of dhtml goodness that needs to run in all the platforms. Monodevelop enables developers to quickly write desktop and web applications on. How to use silverlight directv now macrumors forums.