---
title: "The Final Release of NUnit V2.1 is now available"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/9/2/the-final-release-of-nunit-v21-is-now-available.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/9/2/the-final-release-of-nunit-v21-is-now-available.html"
published: "2003-09-02T12:00:00"
updated: "2003-09-02T12:00:00"
tags: [".Net Quotations", "Cool Tools"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "This is the third major release of NUnit and the second since it was rewritten to take advantage of .NET custom attributes. Highlights of this release include: * Support for the .NET framework versions 1.0 and 1.1 * The…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# The Final Release of NUnit V2.1 is now available

By Roy Osherove September 2, 2003 In [.Net Quotations](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-quotations), [Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

**Historical article** · Originally published September 2, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

_This is the third major release of NUnit and the second since it was
rewritten to take advantage of .NET custom attributes. Highlights of this release include:

\* Support for the .NET framework versions 1.0 and 1.1
\* The ability to run test suites across multiple assemblies
\* New TestFixtureSetup and TestFixtureTeardown attributes
\* Improvements to the GUI interface
\* New command line switches for both GUI and Console runners
\* Some degree of integration with Visual Studio
\* Tests now execute in the same order as they are displayed in the gui.
\* Substantial improvements in error and exception reporting.
\* Now runs on Windows 98

Download either the msi file or the source zip from the following link:
_[_http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group\_id=10749&release\_id=179125_](http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10749&release_id=179125 "http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10749&release_id=179125")

_See the ReadMe.pdf for more info (include in the msi install but not in the source zip).__
\[_[_SourceForge.net: SF.net Project News: NUnit .Net unit testing framework (including full news text)_](http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=306292)_\]_

_You already know this is a must have in your daily development tools._

\[[Sam Gentile's Blog](http://samgentile.com/blog/posts/9697.aspx)\]

**'nuff said.**

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## About the author

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