Test runner not working in beta7?

[Daniel15]

Note: Not sure if this is a Visual Studio tooling issue or a xunit runner issue, so I've also reported this at the xunit repo at xunit/xunit#583 (as the repo at https://github.com/xunit/dnx.xunit says to open issues there). Please close this if it's an issue in xunit rather than the VS tooling.

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In Visual Studio when I do "Run all" in the Test Explorer, I get this output:

------ Test started: Project: RouteJs.Tests.AspNet ------
Starting  Microsoft.Dnx.TestHost [C:\Users\danlo\.dnx\runtimes\dnx-clr-win-x86.1.0.0-beta7\bin\dnx.exe --appbase "C:\Users\danlo\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Projects\RouteJs\src\RouteJs.Tests.AspNet" Microsoft.Dnx.ApplicationHost --port 55713 Microsoft.Dnx.TestHost --port 56446]

System.InvalidOperationException: Unable to load application or execute command 'Microsoft.Dnx.TestHost'. Available commands: test.
   at Microsoft.Dnx.ApplicationHost.Program.ThrowEntryPointNotfoundException(DefaultHost host, String applicationName, Exception innerException)
   at Microsoft.Dnx.ApplicationHost.Program.ExecuteMain(DefaultHost host, String applicationName, String[] args)
   at Microsoft.Dnx.ApplicationHost.Program.Main(String[] args)
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at Microsoft.Dnx.Runtime.Common.EntryPointExecutor.Execute(Assembly assembly, String[] args, IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
   at Microsoft.Dnx.Host.Bootstrapper.RunAsync(List`1 args, IRuntimeEnvironment env, FrameworkName targetFramework)
   at Microsoft.Dnx.Host.RuntimeBootstrapper.ExecuteAsync(String[] args, FrameworkName targetFramework)
   at Microsoft.Dnx.Host.RuntimeBootstrapper.Execute(String[] args, FrameworkName targetFramework)
Unable to start Microsoft.Dnx.TestHost

My project.json:

{
  "version": "2.0.0-*",
  "description": "Unit tests for RouteJs ASP.NET 5 integration",
  "authors": [ "Daniel Lo Nigro" ],
  "tags": [ "asp.net", "mvc", "asp", "routing", "route", "url", "ajax", "jquery", "javascript", "js", "vnext" ],
  "projectUrl": "http://dan.cx/projects/routejs",
  "licenseUrl": "https://github.com/Daniel15/RouteJs#licence",

  "dependencies": {
    "Microsoft.AspNet.Routing": "1.0.0-beta7",
    "Moq": "4.2.1507.118",
    "RouteJs.AspNet": "2.0.0-*",
    "xunit": "2.1.0-beta4-*",
    "xunit.runner.dnx": "2.1.0-beta4-*"
  },

  "frameworks": {
    "dnx451": { }
  },

  "commands": {
    "test": "xunit.runner.dnx"
  }
}

[dougbu]

The latest xunit.runner.dnx package depends on DNX 1.0.0-beta6 bits. You likely need to wait for the next xUnit Beta packages.

@bradwilson any other current options?

[bradwilson]

As always, pre-release bits are available on our CI feed: https://www.myget.org/F/xunit/

For DNX 1.0 Beta 7 compatibility, reference xunit 2.1.0-rc1-* and xunit.runner.dnx 2.1.0-beta5-*.

[Daniel15]

Thanks for the reply @bradwilson :)

[bradwilson]

FYI, we just shipped beta 7 compatible bits to NuGet today. http://xunit.github.io/release-notes/2015-09-06.html

[rynowak]

Thanks @bradwilson - I've started compiling some of this information into the readme for this repo. Let me know if you want any edits/includes to reduce the troubleshooting load on your end.