TestDriven.NET + TypeMock Bundle

You may have noticed a few mentions of a TestDriven.NET + TypeMock bundle. The bundle has been available on the TypeMock.NET site for a number of weeks now. I didn't immediately make the bundle available on the TestDriven.NET site. This was mainly due to time constraints (I was too busy finishing TD.NET 2.0), but I was also being a little cautious.

The first time I saw what TypeMock could do I was impressed. What really blew me away was how readable tests that use TypeMock were compared to other mocking frameworks. However I do know that when something looks too good to be true, it often is. I wanted to see how I felt after using TypeMock on a real project for a reasonable amount of time.

Just over a month ago I started using TypeMock in my TestDriven.NET unit tests. The first thing I did was refactor some tests I had that used another mocking framework. They shrank down to 1/3 of their original size and became much more readable because of it! I then started to do some test first bug fixes. To be honest, this is something I hadn't been able to do for a while. Reproducing some quirk in the Visual Studio object model with a unit test was too much work to be worth it. When I started using TypeMock I suddenly found it was practical to mock Visual Studio and start recreating issues that has been reported. I suddenly found myself being productive again. Fixing bugs and silly mistakes without having to redeploy the application! :)

Now that I know TypeMock is for keeps, I'm more than happy to make the bundle available on my site. The bundle includes 1 year of updates and support for TestDriven.NET and TypeMock Enterprise. It works out at a 25% discount on TestDriven.NET + TypeMock Enterprise combined. There is a limit of 5 bundles per company and the offer will run until the end of October.

You can purchase the bundle from the TestDriven.NET site here, or the TypeMock site here. In the interest of full disclosure, I get 5% of any TypeMock sales made on the TestDriven.NET site.