Improve readability of assertion failure messages

TUnit.Assertions.UnitTests/AssertConditions/BecauseTests.cs → TUnit.Assertions.Tests/AssertConditions/BecauseTests.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-using TUnit.Assertions.Extensions;
-
-namespace TUnit.Assertions.UnitTests.AssertConditions;
+namespace TUnit.Assertions.Tests.AssertConditions;
 
 public class BecauseTests
 {
@@ -15,14 +13,14 @@ public async Task Include_Because_Reason_In_Message()
             await Assert.That(variable).IsFalse().Because(because);
         };
 
-        var exception = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<TUnit.Assertions.Exceptions.AssertionException>(action);
+        var exception = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<AssertionException>(action);
         await Assert.That(exception.Message).Contains(because);
     }
 
     [Test]
-    [TestCase("we prefix the reason", "Because: we prefix the reason")]
-    [TestCase("  we ignore whitespace", "Because: we ignore whitespace")]
-    [TestCase("because we honor a leading 'because'", "Because: we honor a leading 'because'")]
+    [Arguments("we prefix the reason", "because we prefix the reason")]
+    [Arguments("  we ignore whitespace", "because we ignore whitespace")]
+    [Arguments("because we honor a leading 'because'", "because we honor a leading 'because'")]
     public async Task Prefix_Because_Message(string because, string expectedWithPrefix)
     {
         var variable = true;
@@ -32,7 +30,7 @@ public async Task Prefix_Because_Message(string because, string expectedWithPref
             await Assert.That(variable).IsFalse().Because(because);
         };
 
-        var exception = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<TUnit.Assertions.Exceptions.AssertionException>(action);
+        var exception = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<AssertionException>(action);
         await Assert.That(exception.Message).Contains(expectedWithPrefix);
     }
 
@@ -47,32 +45,39 @@ public async Task Honor_Already_Present_Because_Prefix()
             await Assert.That(variable).IsFalse().Because(because);
         };
 
-        var exception = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<TUnit.Assertions.Exceptions.AssertionException>(action);
-        await Assert.That(exception.Message).Contains("we honor a leading 'because'")
-            .And.DoesNotContain(because);
+        var exception = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<AssertionException>(action);
+        await Assert.That(exception.Message).Contains(because)
+            .And.DoesNotContain("because because");
     }
 
     [Test]
     public async Task Without_Because_Use_Empty_String()
     {
-        var variable = true;
+	    string expectedMessage = """
+	                             Expected variable to be equal to False, but found True.
+	                             At Assert.That(variable).IsFalse()
+	                             """;
+
+		var variable = true;
 
         var action = async () =>
         {
             await Assert.That(variable).IsFalse();
         };
 
-        var exception = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<TUnit.Assertions.Exceptions.AssertionException>(action);
-        await Assert.That(exception.Message).IsEqualTo("""
-                                                       Assert.That(variable).IsFalse()
-                                                       Expected: False
-                                                       Received: True
-                                                       """);
+        var exception = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<AssertionException>(action);
+        await Assert.That(exception.Message).IsEqualTo(expectedMessage);
     }
 
     [Test]
     public async Task Apply_Because_Reasons_Only_On_Previous_Assertions()
     {
+	    string expectedMessage = """
+	                             Expected variable to be equal to True, because we only apply it to previous assertions
+	                              and
+	                             to be equal to False, but found True.
+	                             At Assert.That(variable).IsTrue().And.IsFalse()
+	                             """;
         var because = "we only apply it to previous assertions";
         var variable = true;
 
@@ -82,12 +87,8 @@ await Assert.That(variable).IsTrue().Because(because)
                 .And.IsFalse();
         };
 
-        var exception = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<TUnit.Assertions.Exceptions.AssertionException>(action);
-        await Assert.That(exception.Message).IsEqualTo("""
-                                                       Assert.That(variable).IsTrue().And.IsFalse()
-                                                       Expected: False
-                                                       Received: True
-                                                       """);
+        var exception = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<AssertionException>(action);
+        await Assert.That(exception.Message).IsEqualTo(expectedMessage);
     }
 
     [Test]
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ await Assert.That(variable).IsTrue().Because(because1)
                 .And.IsFalse().Because(because2);
         };
 
-        var exception = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<TUnit.Assertions.Exceptions.AssertionException>(action);
+        var exception = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<AssertionException>(action);
         await Assert.That(exception.Message).Contains(because1);
     }
 
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ await Assert.That(variable).IsTrue().Because(because1)
                 .And.IsFalse().Because(because2);
         };
 
-        var exception = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<TUnit.Assertions.Exceptions.AssertionException>(action);
+        var exception = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<AssertionException>(action);
         await Assert.That(exception.Message).Contains(because2);
     }
 
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ await Assert.That(variable).IsFalse().Because(because1)
                 .Or.IsFalse().Because(because2);
         };
 
-        var exception = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<TUnit.Assertions.Exceptions.AssertionException>(action);
+        var exception = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<AssertionException>(action);
         await Assert.That(exception.Message).Contains(because1).And.Contains(because2);
     }
 }

TUnit.Assertions.Tests/GlobalUsings.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+global using TUnit.Core;
+global using TUnit.Assertions.Exceptions;
+global using TUnit.Assertions.Extensions;

TUnit.Assertions.Tests/TUnit.Assertions.Tests.csproj

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <IsTestProject>true</IsTestProject>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\TUnit\TUnit.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>