173: Mocking and Unit Tests
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Topic: Mocking and Unit Tests
What are Unit Tests
Balance between utility, maintenance, and coverage
Unit Test: testing small functions
Regression Test: Testing larger functions
System Test: End-to-end testing of programs
What are mocks & fakes
When to use mock vs. fake
Mocking libraries in various languages
Python: https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html)
Java: https://github.com/mockito/mockito)
C++: https://github.com/google/googletest)
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