title: How to Integrate Custom Test Framework with IDE?
body: <p>I have been wanting to write my own test framework for a while.  Right now, I have a heavily modified version of MSTest that I use, but I want to write my own test runner so I have complete control over the testing process from start to finish.</p>
  
  <p>After a long session of Googling, I stumbled across this <a href="http://www.gutgames.com/post/Building-Your-Own-Unit-Testing-Framework-in-C-Part-1.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">blog post</a> from 2011 outlining all of the components of a test framework.  The one caveat that I noticed is exclusively a command line application.</p>
  
  <p>I started to dig around in my IDE (I use Rider by Jetbrains) and noticed it has a select number of test runners built in: xUnit, NUnit and MSTest.</p>
  
  <p>Can a new test framework be added to either Rider or Visual Studio?  I assume if it is possible, it would have to be done via a plugin.</p>
  
  <p>If anyone knows of an example that is newer and/or more complete than the one I linked to, that would be awesome as well. </p>