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When writing unit tests, do you place your tests inside the assembly you wish to test or in a separate test assembly? I have written an application with the tests in classes in a separate assembly for ease of deloyment as I can just exclude the assembly. Does anyone write there tests within the assembly you wish to test and if so what is the justification for it?
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We have a requirement that the unit testing file need to be separate with the source file in project building. It means we must not do this for testing the source file.
You should put the unit tests in the same repository because otherwise someone has to answer to the question "Where are the tests?" every time the project is handed over from one person to another.
Unit tests can be in any package. In essence they are just separate classes used to test the behaviour of the class being tested.
I have a single solution with an interface project, a tests project, a domain project and a data project. When i release i just publish the interface, which doesnt reference Tests so it doesnt get compiled in.
Edit: The bottom line is really that you dont want it to be part of your final release. You can achieve this automatically in VS by using a separate project/assembly. However you can have it in the same assembly, but then just not compile that code if you're using nant or msbuild. Bit messy though, keep things tidy, use a separate assembly :)
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