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> because of mock-reality mismatches. you also need to test the mocks against the real thing separately.

• switchbak 2y ago
  I would prefer that we all try to use this language consistently: https://www.martinfowler.com/articles/mocksArentStubs.html https://www.martinfowler.com/articles/mocksArentStubs.html What you're describing sounds like a fake to me.
  • drewcoo 2y ago
    Can't tell from the context that's here. It's important to have a contract testing layer in place to make sure your test doubles are still behaving like the real thing, though.
    • ffsm8 2y ago
      Contract testing is still a thing? I thought interested mostly fizzled out over the years after the initial hype died down
  • Too 2y ago
    Good luck with that. Any org I’ve seen can’t even consistently agree what is a unit test, component test, black box test vs integration test.