If some method has several dependencies that are tangentially related with what I'm testing, I'm going to mock the shit out of them, and let people know we shou

If some method has several dependencies that are tangentially related with what I'm testing, I'm going to mock the shit out of them, and let people know we should do something about it. Testing "the real thing" sounds fun until the budget for new features skyrockets, because several man-weeks are needed to get decent coverage. Your client will hate it, and your client's clients will hate it even more.