The Zanebug GUI is a feature-rich user interface. This section will walk you through the numerous options it provides.
Various parts of the Zanebug GUI utilize a simple color-coding system to display the result of a Test:
This color-coding applies to all levels of testing.
The File Menu provides the following options:
Provides a file dialog to locate an assembly. As long as the assembly contains NUnit or Zanebug TestFixtures, it will load the tests and display them in the TestSuite tree
Provides a file dialog to locate a VS.NET project file. As long as the project output contains NUnit or Zanebug TestFixtures, it will load the tests and display them in the TestSuite tree
Removes the selected assembly from the TestSuite tree
Reloads all assemblies
Note
Normally, the Zanebug engine will automatically reload assemblies when they change. If for some reason this doesn't happen, use this to manually reload the assemblies
Opens the specified .zanebug file, and loads all assemblies listed within it
Saves the the list of all currently loaded assemblies to a .zanebug file for later retrieval
Mode switches between the following two modes:
Developer Mode
Developer mode will shrink the Zanebug GUI to only display the Test Bar, and place the GUI as always on top. This allows developers to easily run tests while developing in VS.NET, etc. without having to constantly switch between apps.
Tester Mode
This is the default mode.
Runs all tests
Stops all tests
Displays the name of the currently running test above any console output. For example:
================================================== TEST: SomeTest ================================================== Some output
If Verbose Mode is not checked, then only "Some output" would appear
Displays the name of the SetUp or TearDown method when it runs. For example:
================================================== TEST: SomeTest ================================================== ***** SomeTestSetUp Some output ***** SomeTestTearDown
This allows you to ensure that the correct SetUp and TearDown methods are running, along with diagnosing where they occur in the process
Saves the TestSuite results to formatted text.
Saves the TestSuite results to XML format
Note
There is currently no XSLT transformation for the outputed XML. This will be addressed in the next release
Takes you to the online documenation
Takes you to the Zanebug homepage
Displays support contact information
The Test Bar allows you to start and stop tests, and displays the current progress:
Starts running the TestSuite.
Stops running the TestSuite
Note
If the TestSuite is aborted (i.e. stopped), the results tabs (All / Failed / Passed / Ignored) will not be populated.
Currently Running Test
The name of the currently running Test is displayed in red below the Run / Stop buttons
Overall Progress
Displays the overall progress of the TestSuite. The first number ( 1 / 2 ) is the number of Tests that have been run. The second number ( 1 / 2 ) is the total number of Tests that will be run.
A red bar means that at least one Test has failed, so the overall TestSuite has failed. A green bar means no Tests have failed.
Assembly Iteration
Displays the number of times that the TestSuite will be run, and the total number of times it has run. Example: 1/2 --> The TestSuite has completed 1 of 2 iterations.
Fixture Iteration
Displays the number of times that the TestFixture will be run, and the total number of times it has run. Example: 1/2 --> The TestFixture has completed 1 of 2 iterations.
Test Iteration
Displays the number of times that the Test will be run, and the total number of times it has run. Example: 1/2 --> The Test has completed 1 of 2 iterations.
The Summary Tab is composed of three content blocks:
TestSuite TreeView
The TreeView lists the tree structure of the TestSuite, TestAssemblies, TestFixtures and Tests. As a TestSuite runs, these various levels will be continually updated to display the current results.
All checked items will be run. All unchecked items will be ignored.
Summary Groupbox
The Summary Groupbox displays the overall results in two ways. First, it displays the number of tests that have passed and/or failed. Secondly, it displays a statistic of the % passed. This is a useful statistic to track over time.
Run-Time Editor Groupbox
The Run-Time Editor groupbox allows you to change the properties of test items at run-time. For example, you can adjust the number of times that a Test should run, the Category it should display under, etc. This allows you to set specific values at design-time, but edit them at run-time rather than changing and recompiling.
Depending on the tree node selected, you'll see different options.
Important
The Exception box allows you to enter an ExpectedException. You must enter the full class name, to include namespace. Example: System.Exception. If you just enter Exception, Zanebug will throw an error. To remove an ExpectedException, simply delete all text from the box.
The Formatted Results tab lists all content in a well-formatted block of text. This allows for quick scanning of all results, to include test summaries.
The results tabs provide comprehensive information on test execution. The results are separated into 4 distinct tabs:
All
All displays all test results, regardless of whether they're for passed, failed or ignored tests. This provides a great way to do side-by-side comparisons of multiple result types.
Passed
The Passed tab displays the results of all Test that have passed
Failed
The Failed tab displays the results of all Tests that have failed
Ignored
The Ignored tab displays the results of all Test that have been ignored
The All / Passed / Failed tabs contain multiple columns. Below is a summary of each:
Table 2. Explanation of Columns for All / Passed / Failed tabs
| Column Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Fixture | The name of the TestFixture that the Test belongs to |
| Test | The name of the Test |
| Result | Any result output. For example, if an exception is thrown, the exception message would be displayed here. |
| Avg | The average run time for the Test (measured in seconds). This is calculated by adding the duration of all Test iterations, and dividing it by the # of iterations (set with the Repeat attribute). |
| % | The % of overall TestSuite execution time. This is calculated by adding the duration of all Tests, and dividing it by the duration of this Test |
| Ops/s | The number of times that this Test can be run in a second. This is calculated by dividing 1 second by the Test duration. |
| Memory | The amount of memory consumed by the test. This is calculated by measuring the memory used for the TestSuite prior to the Test run, and substracting it from the memory used for the TestSuite after the Test run.WarningThis is currently a beta feature, and should be used accordingly |
| Duration | The amount of time it takes for the Test to execute (measured in seconds). |
| Thread | The thread # that the Test ran on. |
| A | The TestAssembly iterationthat the Test belongs to |
| TF | The TestFixture iteration that the Test belongs to |
| T | The Test iteration |
| Category | The Test category (set by the Test attribute's Category property) |
The Ignored tab is much simpler, since it contains no metrics:
The All / Passed Failed tabs provide several options via the context menu:
If you've set filters using the Filter By option, then this will remove the filters and redisplay all results
The Compare option allows you to select multiple Tests (i.e. table rows) and compare the results with a graph
Compares the value in the Avg column between all selected test results
Compares the value in the % column between all selected test results
Compares the value in the Ops/s column between all selected test results
Filter By allows you to select multiple rows, and filter the displayed results according to various options
Will only display results for Tests that have the same Test name as the selected results
Will only display results for Tests that have the same Test iteration number as the selected results
Will only display results for Tests that have the same TestFixture as the selected results
Will only display results for Tests that have the same TestFixture iteration number as the selected results
Will only display results for Test that have the same TestFixture name as the selected results AND the same Test iteration number as the selected results
Will only display results for Test that have the same TestFixture name as the selected results AND the same Test Category as the selected results
Will only display results for Test that have the same TestFixture name as the selected results AND the same Test iteration number as the selected results AND the same Test Category as the selected results
Will only display results for Tests that have the same Assembly iteration number as the selected results
Will only display results for Tests that have the same Thread # as the selected results
Will only display results for Tests that have the same Category value as the selected results
The Output tabs display the programmatic output that's generated by the test program:
Console Tab
Displays the values that are output by System.Console.WriteLine(...) commands
Debug Tab
Displays the values that are output by System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(...) commands
Trace Tab
Displays the values that are output by System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine(...) commands
The Assemblies Tab is extremely useful for investigating which assemblies are loaded for a specific TestSuite, their underlying components, their locations and version numbers. This can be a great tool when debugging version issues, etc.
It displays the following four values:
Table 4. Assembly Columns
| Column Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The assembly name |
| Version | The assembly version |
| Base Location | The location of the assembly under normal circumstances (Zanebug copies assemblies into a temporary directory when running tests, so that the original assemblies can still be edited and recompiled while testing) |
| Test Location | The location of the copied assembly, which is what Zanebug actually uses for testing purposes. This is a temporary location, and deleted when Zanebug is closed. |
Zanebug allows for integrated Perfmon reporting through a simple to use interface. This relieves developers from constantly switching between multiple applications to track advanced performance statistics.
Note
It's possible to drag-and-drop graphs on top of each other for a consolidated display
Several options and commands are available:
Machine Name
The name of the machine that you want to pull perfmon stats for. This should default to your current machine name.
Warning
This feature has not yet been tested for remote computers
The counters are not loaded in Zanebug by default, due to performance issues. In order to load all available counters, click this button.
When you adjust the various visual properties (Line Thickness, Rows, etc.) you must click this button for the new properties to take affect.
The thickness of the graph lines
The number of rows for result graphs. The more rows, the smaller the graph size.
The number of columns for result graphs. The more columns, the smaller the graph size.
The frequency that the graphs are updated. The lower the number, the more often a graph is updated.
The number of draw points in a display