I regret having written Mocker for Python. May be very useful, but mocking encourages a bad style of testing that is viral. I can say for sure that in code reviews I said "please let's not use mocker here" much more often than the other way around.
In the next project I'll vote against adopting a mocking framework for the test suite.
In the next project I'll vote against adopting a mocking framework for the test suite.
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I don't see how "write an HTTP server implementing every possible interface, and do it correctly" results in "small, understandable, etc…" tests. I agree with your requirements, but I fail to see how those tests which would normally be called "integration" tests, would satisfy those requirements, without testing against a live instance.Sep 27, 2011
The code is available..Sep 27, 2011
As a newcomer to Mocking, not the words I wanted to hear. But I appreciate the warning.Feb 22, 2012
It's funny that this shows up in Google search results before your actual Mocker page with the search term "gustavo mocker" :)May 2, 2013
i have started using mocker to mock requests library, do you consider this good usage ? or is this the kind of instance your referring to when you suggest that a web server should be used in place of mocker ?Jul 4, 2013- Right, these are cases where I've been using an actual web server controlled by the test suite.Jul 4, 2013
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