SnippetCompiler is great, but…

…we don’t have to use it for quick compilable chunks of .NET goodness.  As detailed on marlongrech.wordpress.com, we can use TestDriven.Net to run small parts of code in the Visual Studio.NET debugger.

The code is not required to be a test case for use in a unit testing framework.  It can be an arbitrary method that just does some processing.  The key to using this technique, is to make sure you set a breakpoint.  That way you can manipulate parameters and actually get feedback about what the method is doing when it executes.

This is yet another reason we should buy TestDriven.Net.  It can pay for itself within a day or two.

In addition to SnippetCompiler and TestDriven.Net, Powershell is very useful for this kind of snippet testing as well.  But I’ll have to defer that post for another time.