Does MSTest have standalone GUI similar to nUnit that lets me use it and run test without visual studio? What is the official site for MSTest where I can learn more about how to use it?
It doesn't have a GUI (apart from Visual Studio) but there's a command line tool: MSTest.exe
Here is the official documentation on running MSTest tests.
MSTest can be used without installing Visual Studio. You will need to install Visual Studio Test Agent, which is a free download from Microsoft.
I think this approach is better from a licensing perspective than manually copying MSTest.exe and its dependencies onto the build server.
See this blog for reference: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/anutthara/archive/2009/12/16/running-tests-in-mstest-without-installing-the-vs-ide.aspx
You can do this with mstest.exe, but the trick is in getting it to work without installing visual studio. This involves the copying of several files and registry entries. I have blogged about it here.
Use Gallio as your test runner... then its not so much of a drama when you enventually drop MsTest and move to a real test framework.
You can also use this tool from codeplex: http://testrunner.codeplex.com...
Use VSTest.console.exe part of Microsoft.TestPlatform
Required steps:
- Download the test platform from https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.TestPlatform/
- Unzip
- In the unzipped folder, copy the \tools\net451\Common7\IDE\Extensions\TestPlatform folder to the machine that has no Visual Studio installed
- From cmd.exe run VSTest.console.exe MyTest.dll
More details here:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/test/vstest-console-options?view=vs-2017#general-command-line-options
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/261290/how-do-i-use-mstest-without-visual-studio