# IT:AD:FluentAssertions #

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* See also:
  * [[IT/AD/XUnit/]]
  * [[IT/AD/NUnit/]]
  * [[it/ad/unit_testing/]]


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[[IT/AD/NUnit/]] had fluent assertions out of the box. [[IT/AD/XUnit/]] doesn't.

A third party library adds it in an elegant, portable manner.


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## Process ##

The library works equally well with [[IT/AD/NUnit/]] as [[IT/AD/XUnit/]] as well other frameworks -- so it makes your tests portable (bar the Test/Fact attributes which have to be updated).

The library uses a `Should()` method followed by one of a set of `Be...()` methods, which makes your tests very readable:

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var foo = false;
foo.Should().BeTrue();

var bar = 3;
foo.Should().Be(3);
foo.Should().BeGreaterThan(2);
foo.Should().BeLessThan(4);
foo.Should().NotBe(5);
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