Unit Testing - How to Use Dummies, Fakes, Mocks, and Stubs

Enterprise applications often lack reliable code, making it difficult to implement new features and scale your application. In this episode, Hudson Baker gives you the tools necessary to make your Unit Tests more dynamic and streamlined. Improving the functionality of your Unit Tests will radically improve the quality and velocity of product releases in your application development.

00:00 - Unit Testing with Dummies, Fakes, Mocks, and Stubs - Lessons in Angular, Presented by Briebug
00:09 - Anthony Jones, Senior Enterprise Software Engineer, Briebug
00:18 - Hudson Baker, Enterprise Software Engineer, Briebug
00:45 - Why is Unit Testing Important?
01:37 - What you should know before getting started.
02:30 - Dummy definition and code example
03:30 - How do dummies increase the value of a Unit Test?
03:45 - Stub definition and code example
04:57 - Who should know about Unit Tests?
05:31 - Fakes definition and code example
07:24 - Are these tools necessary when Unit Testing?
07:45 - Mock definition
09:12 - When should you use mocks?
09:50 - Unit Testing decision tree

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[adalke]

Best distinction between mocks and stubs I’ve seen, thank you!

[Pancakes]

There's something so zen about this video, I absolutely love it. And it explained the different types of test doubles better than any video I have watched.

[artavazdavagyan]

thank you that was very informative, answered many questions I had

[newborn]

Awesome video! gets down to the details!

[nykolaitopchyi]

Very informative and useful, thank you!

[wilsonvaboum]

please share with us the link of tree decisons

[kate.]

How can I download that decision tree?

[rumpleshtiltkinzzz]

Decision Tree: YT Won't let me post link, but it's on dropbox then append