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How to test without mocking (www.amazingcto.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sure, go ahead, do all your tests for stuff involving I/O by doing real I/O, and do some containerization or whatever to maintain reproducibility. Don't come crying to me when your test runtime goes from 10 seconds to 20 minutes, and everyone stops actually running them.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Mock or be mocked... :)

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