Testing code in GAC with NUnit
I often run test codes that reference methods of business class and the class is compiled and stored in GAC. Sometimes, I update the method but NUnit keeps running the old code. What I did was
- Visual Studio's Clean (this deletes all assemblies under the test project)
- reset iis. this is supposed to flush GAC
- rebuild the business class.
But still it did not work. I slept on it and the next morning, I remembered I didn't restart NUnit and NUnit might hold the old assembly in its own memory. I closed NUnit and opened it, and the new method was loaded. Fantastic.
So, when you changed your method but can't see it working, restart NUnit!
Added in 3 days later
To ensure NUnit loads the newly compile dll, please do
- Rebuild the whole solution of your GAC code
- Clean adn rebuild your testing code
- Close NUnit and start it again.
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