Parallel tests execution with NUnit 2.6.4

Question

I'm use NUnit test framework with Selebium WebDriver. Currently all my tests use NUnit 2.6.4. Is it possible to run tests in parallel, to reduce the execution time?

Answer 1

Well, as far as Nunit 2.x is concern, you can run tests in parallel by distributing tests among different assembly and execute those assemblies in parallel

In case of Nunit 3.x and more, you can use Parallelizable Attribute to execute tests in parallel. The framework creates worker threads for running tests in parallel.

It uses queues organized into shifts. A WorkShift consist of queues of work iteams. NUnit runs one WorkShift until all available work is done and switches to the next shift. When all work is completed from all shifts, execution is completed.

 

Here are the shifts listed with their associated queues.

 

 

Shift	Queues	Workers	Usage
Parallel Shift	Parallel Queue	LoP*	Parallelizable tests run in the MTA
	Parallel STA Queue	1	Parallelizable tests run in the STA
Non-Parallel Shift	Non-Parallel Queue	1	Non-parallelizable tests run in the MTA
Non-Parallel STA Shift	Non-Parallel STA Queue	1	Non-parallelizable tests run in the STA

 

 

Hope that helps.

Comments

Thanks! I'll try to use NUnit 3