---
title: "SharpRobo - Winform UI Unit Testing made easier?"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2006/8/16/sharprobo-winform-ui-unit-testing-made-easier.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2006/8/16/sharprobo-winform-ui-unit-testing-made-easier.html"
published: "2006-08-16T06:59:01"
updated: "2006-08-16T06:59:01"
tags: [".NET", "Agile", "Cool Tools"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Hmm. SharpRobo seems like something that might *start* to satisfy those who just can't do without UI Testing and have been looking for a way to do it from within their unit test frameworks (such as NUnit or FIT):…"
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/"
---

# SharpRobo - Winform UI Unit Testing made easier?

By Roy Osherove August 16, 2006 In [.NET](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net), [Agile](https://osherove.com/blog/category/agile), [Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

**Historical article** · Originally published August 16, 2006; technical details may be outdated.

Hmm.

[SharpRobo](http://confluence.public.thoughtworks.org/display/SHRO/Home) seems like something that might \*start\* to satisfy those who just can't do without UI Testing and have been looking for a way to do it from within their unit test frameworks (such as NUnit or FIT):

"SharpRobo is a Functional Testing and Recording tool for WinForm applications written in .NET supported language. It supports all the standard WinForm controls. SharpRobo records the tests in FIT format which can be played back using Fit (File or Directory Runner)."

\[via [Jeffery](http://codebetter.com/blogs/jeffrey.palermo/archive/2006/08/11/148225.aspx)\]

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