How do I add NUnit as a test framework option for ASP.NET MVC to Visual Web Developer 2008 Express?

Question

According to Professional ASP.NET MVC 1.0, page 8, \"If you are using VS 2008 Standard Edition or Visual Web Developer 2008 Express you will need to download and instal

Answer 1

Edit: There's an easier solution below.

I got the Create Unit Test Project dialog working with NUnit and Visual Web Developer Express. I had to add an NUnit test template to the following location: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\VWDExpress\ProjectTemplates\CSharp\Test\1033 (I had to create the Test\1033 subfolders).

Then I ran VWDExpress /setup per Craig Stuntz's recommendation (from %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE).

And it worked!

Note: I had previously added registry settings from here but applied them to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VWDExpress\9.0\MVC\TestProjectTemplates.

For your convenience, here are the differences from the ASP.NET MVC Test Framework Integration Walkthrough article:

Step 1. Copy the template zip files to %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\VWDExpress\ProjectTemplates\CSharp\Test\1033 (note the VWDExpress folder)

Step 2. Before merging the registry file(s), edit them to point to the appropriate location under: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VWDExpress\9.0\MVC\TestProjectTemplates (note the VWDExpress key)

Step 4. Run VWDExpress /setup instead of devenv /setup