Mocking to facilitate unit testing
Salt Lake Software Symposium
Salt Lake City · July 18 - 19, 2008
About this Presentation
Unit Testing is easy if the object you're testing has no dependencies. In reality, however, objects have dependencies,
often making it difficult, if not impossible, to automate tests. Mock objects can help deal with these dependencies
and allow you to automate your tests.
In this presentation you'll learn what mocks are, the difference between mocks
and stubs, how to hand toss mock objects, how to approach testing with deeper dependencies, and also how to use tools and framework that can help you with mocking.
Founder @ Agile Developer, Inc.
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., creator of agilelearner.com, and an instructional professor at the University of Houston.
He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with sustainable agile practices on their software projects.
Venkat is a (co)author of multiple technical books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award winning book Practices of an Agile Developer. You can find a list of his books at agiledeveloper.com. You can reach him by email at venkats@agiledeveloper.com or on twitter at @venkat_s.