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 say use the constructor unless you need TestContext.

1. If you can keep things simple, why not. A constructor is simpler than a magical attribute.
2. You can use readonly which is a big thing in test initialization where you want to prepare stuff for the tests that they're not supposed to change (ideally the stuff you prepare would be immutable too).