Episode from the podcast Programming Throwdown
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173: Mocking and Unit Tests
Released Monday, April 29th 2024 1 hr 35 min
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Patrick and Jason discuss unit testing, regression testing, and system testing, with a focus on when mocking actually helps. They explain mocks versus fakes, testing tradeoffs, and the practical role of testing libraries across several major languages.
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