What is the best unit test framework for .NET and why?

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Published on 2011-02-16T11:31:26Z Indexed on 2011/02/16 15:33 UTC
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It seems to me that everyone uses NUnit without even considering the other options. I think this is because:

Everyone is familiar with it already so they won't have to learn a new API.
It is already set up with their continuous integration server to work with NUnit.

Am I wrong about this?

I decided to use xUnit on one of my own projects recently and I love it! It makes so much more sense to me and conceptually it seems like a definite step forward from NUnit.

I'd like to hear opinions on which framework is actually the best - not taking into consideration having to learn it or reconfigure your automated testing.

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