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Loading an assembly from a specific path, including all sub dependencies

public static class AssemblyLoader { private static readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, bool> AssemblyDirectories = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, bool>(); static AssemblyLoader() { AssemblyDirectories[GetExecutingAssemblyDirectory()] = true; AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += ResolveAssembly; } public static Assembly LoadWithDependencies(string assemblyPath) { AssemblyDirectories[Path.GetDirectoryName(assemblyPath)] = true; return Assembly.LoadFile(assemblyPath); } private static Assembly ResolveAssembly(object sender, ResolveEventArgs args) { string dependentAssemblyName = args.Name.Split(’,’)[0] + ".dll"; List<string> directoriesToScan = AssemblyDirectories.Keys.ToList(); foreach (string directoryToScan in directoriesToScan) { string depe...

Running dotnet core xUnit tests on Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS)

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1: Run dotnet restore to restore package dependencies. 2: Run dotnet build to build the binaries. 3: Run dotnet test to run the tests. Note the additional parameters --no-build to prevent a rebuild and --logger "trx;LogFileName=tests-log.trx " to ensure the test results are written to disk, 5: Use  a Publish Test Results tasks to output the results of the tests. Make sure you set the following properties Test Result Format = VSTest Test Results Files = **/tests-log.trx And under the Advanced section make sure you set the Run This Task option so that it will run even if the previous task failed.