Either download from the extension manager by searching OpenWithTest or go to the project page here.

Summary

Open with Test is a Visual Studio extension which serves one simple task: To always open your test files and implementation files together.

Details

When writing unit tested applications (especially while practicing TDD) you will often open an implementation file (i.e SomeClass.cs) followed by the test file(i.e. SomeClassTests.cs).  This extension makes this a one step process.

It works by detecting when you open a new file and attempting to find via convention the test file. It assumes that you create one test file per class.  So, if you create a class called Car in the file Car.cs then you will have a test file named CarTests.cs which tests the car class.

Currently, only C# (.cs) files are supported but I plan to expand this to other files types soon.

Configuration

Out of the box, this extension will assume a file is a test file if it ends with the suffix Test,Tests, Fact or Facts.  However, this can be configured.  To change these go to Tools -> Options -> Open With Test and you will see this screen:

Feedback

I would love to get feedback about features or suggestion so please feel free to leave a comment on this blog post or start a discussion post on the Visual Studio Gallery page.

Visual Studio Gallery Page: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/B08B0375-139E-41D7-AF9B-FAEE50F68392

The key features of this release are support for HTML/ASP.NET, JavaScript and SQL snippets and a much improved snippet searching experience.

If you already have it installed for Visual Studio 2010 you will get an update in your extension manager for the new version.

Change log

Changes for Visual Studio 2010

• Fixed bug where "Export as Snippet" was failing in a website project
• Changed Snippet Explorer search to use a relevance based algorithm which yields much better results
• Added support for JavaScript snippets
• Added support for SQL snippets
• Added support for HTML/ASP.Net snippets
• Added support for <AlternativeShortcuts> tag
• Made the color of the snippet replacement highlighting configurable

Changes for Visual Studio 2008

• Fixed bug where "Export as Snippet" was failing in a website project
• Changed Snippet Explorer search to use a relevance based algorithm which yields much better results

Codeplex Page: http://snippetdesigner.codeplex.com/

Visual Studio Gallery Page: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/B08B0375-139E-41D7-AF9B-FAEE50F68392

This release contains several bug fixes but more importantly it now includes support for Visual Studio 2010.

I am super excited for this since now you can install the Snippet Designer from inside of Visual Studio using the new extension manager. Just open up the extension manager and search for “Snippet Designer”.

Then you just need to install it and restart Visual Studio.

Enjoy!

Codeplex Page: http://snippetdesigner.codeplex.com/

Visual Studio Gallery Page: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/B08B0375-139E-41D7-AF9B-FAEE50F68392

This release contains several bug fixes but more importantly it now includes support for Visual Studio 2010.

I am super excited for this since now you can install the Snippet Designer from inside of Visual Studio using the new extension manager. Just open up the extension manager and search for “Snippet Designer”.

Then you just need to install it and restart Visual Studio.

Enjoy!

Codeplex Page: http://snippetdesigner.codeplex.com/

Visual Studio Gallery Page: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/B08B0375-139E-41D7-AF9B-FAEE50F68392

This release contains several bug fixes but more importantly it now includes support for Visual Studio 2010.

I am super excited for this since now you can install the Snippet Designer from inside of Visual Studio using the new extension manager. Just open up the extension manager and search for “Snippet Designer”.

Then you just need to install it and restart Visual Studio.

Enjoy!