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The metaprogramming lecture [0] perpetuates the common misunderstanding of what “mocking” is [1], which is unfortunate. [0] https://missing.csail.mit.edu/2020/

The metaprogramming lecture [0] perpetuates the common misunderstanding of what “mocking” is [1], which is unfortunate. [0] https://missing.csail.mit.edu/2020/metaprogramming/#a-brief-aside-on-testing https://missing.csail.mit.edu/2020/metaprogramming/#a-brief-... [1] https://martinfowler.com/articles/mocksArentStubs.html https://martinfowler.com/articles/mocksArentStubs.html

sethaurus 4y ago
At some point, we might need to accept that "mock" has become a generalised term which refers to many kinds of test-doubles. If it's being taught that way in universities and embodied that way in tooling, then the term has a new meaning.