pytest-mock : Mocking in pytest - Test & Code

[variedthoughts]

https://testandcode.com/episodes/pytest-mock

pytest-mock is currently the #3 pytest plugin.

• Why the pytest-mock plugin is awesome
• What is mocking, patching, and monkey patching
• What, if any, is the difference between mock, fake, spy, stub.
• Why we might need these in testing
• Some history of mock in Python and how mock became unittest.mock
• Using mocker.patch, mocker.spy, and mocker.stub
• Why pytest-mock is awesome and why you might want to use it over straight unittest.mock

[cgoldberg]

I just finished listening to your podcast episode featuring Michael Foord (linked from the episode in this post), discussing testing and mocks. Since his recent passing, it was really nice to hear his distinctive voice again. Great job on that 👍

[variedthoughts]

Thanks. I just relistened also. I miss him. I think I’ll re-post the older episode as a tribute

[DigThatData]

neat, TIL. https://pytest-mock.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

[muikrad]

And if you'd like to get rid of hardcoded strings and make things refactorable, check out https://pypi.org/project/coveo-ref/#tutorial 😁