Editing XUnit (section)

=== Test runner ===

A test runner is a program that runs tests and reports results.<ref>Meszaros, Gerard (2007) ''xUnit Test Patterns'', Pearson Education, Inc./Addison Wesley</ref> The program is often part of a framework.

A test runner may produce results in various formats. Often, a common and default format is [[human-readable]], [[plain-text]]. Additionally, the runner may produce structured output. Some xUnit adaptations (i.e. JUnit) can output [[XML]] that can be used by a continuous integration system such as [[Jenkins (software)|Jenkins]] and [[Atlassian bamboo|Atlassian Bamboo]].