Exploring .NET Framework functions with Object Test Bench

Dan Fernandez posted about the Object Test Bench in Visual Studio 2005 as well as the new Class Designer. I've played around with both featurs but didn't notice the “View Object References” option. This adds Framework classes used in your OM, and from there you can easily test out .NET Framework class functionality without creating a Console app (or using use Snippet Compiler).

BTW - I find this interesting enough to post about because if I create a new Console app nowadays, Visual Studio will default the name to ConsoleApplication147 if that tells you anything. :-)

posted on Thursday, January 27, 2005 1:49 AM

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# re: Exploring .NET Framework functions with Object Test Bench 2/1/2005 9:41 PM Dan Fernandez

One thing to note on the "ConsoleApplication147" problem is that Visual Studio 2005 now includes no-impact projects. In other words, when you just want to play around with some code, the project and all associated files aren't saved and you'll have the option to "Discard" your project.

Not having 147 test Console Applications on your machine = "priceless" :)

Thanks,
-Dan

# re: Exploring .NET Framework functions with Object Test Bench 2/2/2005 8:11 AM Sean Chase

Nice! I will look into that.