NSubstitute

v5.0.0

NSubstitute is a friendly substitute for .NET mocking libraries. It has a simple, succinct syntax to help developers write clearer tests. NSubstitute is designed for Arrange-Act-Assert (AAA) testing and with Test Driven Development (TDD) in mind.

alexandrnikitin AlexPovar davetchepak NSubstitute

mocking mocks testing unit-testing TDD AAA

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Total Downloads

292.4M

292,438,435

Published

Feb 12, 2023

Latest stable version

Install

.NET CLI

dotnet add package NSubstitute --version 5.0.0

Package Manager Console

Install-Package NSubstitute -Version 5.0.0

PackageReference

<PackageReference Include="NSubstitute" Version="5.0.0" />

Frameworks

.NETFramework4.6.2 net6.0 .NETStandard2.0

Dependencies

Castle.Core

.NETFramework4.6.2

[5.0.0, )

System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions

.NETFramework4.6.2

[4.3.0, )

Castle.Core

net6.0

[5.0.0, )

Castle.Core

.NETStandard2.0

[5.0.0, )

System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions

.NETStandard2.0

[4.3.0, )

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