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Using nested mocks to mimic third-party APIs can make tests brittle, unidiomatic, and difficult to debug.
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- Hynek Schlawack Software engineer and open-source maintainer of attrs and structlog
This is a business logic test and the purpose of the test is drowning in boilerplate necessary to mimic the API of an HTTP client that can change at any time. That makes the test brittle and unidiomatic.
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↗“Don’t Mock What You Don’t Own” in 5 Minuteshynek.me
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