Add Fakes Assembly option missing

Question

I'm trying to get the Microsoft Fakes up and running in a Unit test project that I've set up in my solution.

For some reason the Add Fakes Assembly option is missing which means I can't create mockups of assemblies. And since this is the only alternative to add the Microsoft.QualityTools.Testing.Fakes assembly I can't use the Shim functionality either.

I've recently installed Visual Studio 2012 Professional and installed update 3 and this is the first go in Visual Studio 2012. And I haven't changed any settings. Although I have installed ReSharper, could this be the culprit?

Answer 1

Both Visual Studio 2019 and 2017 only has this feature in the Enterprise edition (they both have 3 main editions: Community, Professional and Enterprise.)

If you'd only need the Stub functionality, then you could simply pick other mocking frameworks. You mention Shims, which is an advanced functionality. I have heard some mock frameworks which can be close to that advanced.

I've heard of Prig (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=sug.Prig-OpenSourceAlternativetoMicrosoftFakes), but I haven't ever tried it. @neaGaze says it's not supported in VS 2017.

The newest screenshot of the feature matrix's (https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/compare/) related section:

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Visual Studio 2017 feature matrix - only Enterprise offers Fakes:

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Visual Studio 2015: Microsoft Fakes is available in Premium Edition and up.

http://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio/suggestions/2919309-provide-microsoft-fakes-with-all-visual-studio-edi