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Installation

The following Nuget packages are required:

• Machine.Specifications

Install using the following command:

Install-Package Machine.Specifications

For .NET Core projects, the following are also required:

• Microsoft.NET.Test.SDK
• Machine.Specifications.Runner.VisualStudio

We also recommend using:

Package	Comments
Machine.Specifications.Should	Fluent assertions for MSpec
Machine.Fakes	Fantastic faking framework that integrates deeply into MSpec. Comes with Moq, NSubstitute, FakeItEasy and RhinoMocks flavors.
Machine.Specifications.TeamCityParallelRunner	Parallel runner for TeamCity
Machine.Specifications.Reporting	Reporting library for test results

Test Runners

• .NET Core
  • dotnet test
• .NET Framework
  • Visual Studio and plugins
    • CodeRush
    • ReSharper / Rider
    • Visual Studio IDE
    • TestDriven.NET
    • NCrunch
  • CI systems and Console runners
    • dotnet test
    • Console
    • TeamCity parallel runner