unit test components and frameworks in dotnet

In unit test we, need these the following components.

• Test runners
• Unit test framework
• Mock framework
• Optional Framework

Test runners

For running your test cases, some examples of test runners

• Visual studio test browser (free with Visual studio comunity edition)
• Resharper Test (not free)
• Console App of NUnit, xUnit

Unit test framework

For writing your test cases, some examples of unit test frameworks

• NUnit (based from JUnit in Java)
• xUnit (used in DotNet core project)

Mock framework

For isolating a dependency in your tests, some examples of mock frameworks

• Moq (free)
• Rhino Mock (fee)
• NSubstitute (fee)
• TypeMock (not free but has some advance mock features)

Optional Framework

For making your assertion easy to read

• Fluent Assertion (free)