Do you use TestInitialize or the test class constructor to prepare each test? and why?

Question

This question regards unit testing in Visual Studio using MSTest (this is important, because of MSTest\'s execution order). Both the method marked [TestInitialize] and the t

Answer 1

I prefer to use the [TestInitialize] method to perform instantiation of the object being tested and it's parameters. I only perform work in the constructor if it is necessary to instantiate a testing base class (which is usually where I create or refresh repositories, etc). This helps me keep the test framework code and test code separate logically and physically.