Free NCrunch alternative [closed]

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Since NCrunch has left the free market, I was looking for a similar tool for code coverage marking, and continous testing like NCrunch

edit: I'm using VS2012

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I've been using ContinuousTest for a while now, it's OK, but I think it lacks feedback when I write code. The feedback is good when I write tests, but when I break a test (while editing source code) it won't tell me that the test broke (in the margin, like it does for NCrunch). So if anyone knows other tools, I'm still listening.

Splutter answered 30/10, 2012 at 3:29 Comment(1)

JetBrains Resharper (commercial) seems to have continuous tests as well since 10.0 (or even earlier) – Piccadilly 8/9, 2016 at 20:39

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From what I've read, most people are in the same boat and are moving to ContinuousTests. I do not think there is a perfect replacement... yet.

Here is a decent comparison between NCrunch and ContinuousTests

Update

Upon recent usage of ContinuousTests with VS2012 I have decided to uninstall. There was too much friction to get it running. I believe it needs an update to support VS2012 properly.

Epidote answered 30/10, 2012 at 21:37 Comment(10)

What kind of friction, if I may ask? – Splutter 6/11, 2012 at 17:23

Initial setup was a roulette of successes and failures within the team, excluding specific projects from the automated tests was not as easy and uninstalling corrupted a visual studio install for one member and leaves artifacts in menus for others. – Epidote 7/11, 2012 at 2:21

I tried ContinuousTests in VS2012 and it's working pretty well so far. I don't know if they've updated it, but it definitely works well. – Splutter 23/1, 2013 at 15:33

Hopefully it has been updated since we attempted to use it and is better now. Try uninstalling it if you want a real test. It was like a virus and it was easier to have it installed and ignored than resolve all the issues caused by removal. – Epidote 12/2, 2013 at 10:7

Is there any way to remove the menu artifacts short of nuking and rebuilding my VS2012 install? – Iatrogenic 12/2, 2013 at 11:59

Yes, but I do not believe its permanent. You can View > Toolbars > Customize > Commands and remove it from there. Careful if you try to remove the ContinuousTests files from disk and registry, this caused a screen repainting issue for a single team member where the editor did not display any content and was only resolved by re-installing ContinuousTests – Epidote 14/2, 2013 at 22:25

@Iatrogenic I had a similar issue. I had to go into Tools -> Extensions and Updates and uninstall Mighty Moose for the screen repainting to work again. – Vespertine 12/3, 2013 at 16:56

The problems with the installer remains since a year ago. The team at least must provide a clean uninstall. – Skyway 23/7, 2013 at 0:7

FYI, ContinuousTests is now open source. github.com/continuoustests/ContinuousTests – Jadwigajae 14/9, 2014 at 4:58

Unfortunately it has been abandoned – Kymry 10/4, 2019 at 10:12

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NCrunch is a fantastic tool that I discovered while it was still in beta, as a developer I try to do my best to support people that are doing cool projects. If people were using NCrunch and liked it, I'd encourage you to purchase a license.

Stuff like that takes a lot of time to develop and less people will be creating the cool tools you love if people aren't willing to support it.

Splore answered 5/4, 2013 at 17:46 Comment(5)

I sure will purchase a license once I finish school. As a student I can't afford paying 159$. Instead, I can use ContinuousTests for right now. I'd encourage Remco to give/charge less for students, that'll make us get used to it, and encourage people to use it around us. – Splutter 8/4, 2013 at 23:13

Agreed, education licensing would be nice, but then there's a whole other verification step to setup. Maybe as the product matures that will be added. – Splore 16/4, 2013 at 16:21

I would love to support NCrunch, but $159 is too high even for developers. $99 or lower coull be justifiable for something that is basically a luxury, albeit a very nice one. In the meantime ContinuousTests is filling the gap nicely. – Polycotyledon 21/5, 2013 at 16:24

$159 is very reasonable compared to the cost of the rest of the software you're using if you're interested in using NCrunch. Visual Studio, SQL Server, etc.. – Splore 11/6, 2013 at 15:51

These days, $159 is likely to be the price of one or two textbooks. I'd wager NCrunch will be a lot more useful than any of your college textbooks. – Idolatrous 17/8, 2015 at 17:50