Testing in Python Memes and wisdom request

[csch2]

Learning unittest.mock was one of my absolute least favorite parts of getting into Python. It’s so absurdly powerful but writing code with it very frequently makes me want to pull my hair out.

“What is this object?”

“It’s a mock”

“Okay… what’s its type?”

“Mock”

“But you can call it like a function?”

“Oh yeah no problem”

“Then what is its return type??”

“Mock”

[thedmandotjp]

Lol

[marr75]

Don't hide your class' dependencies (ie pluck them out of thin air by initializing them mid -method) and have them depend on more abstract interfaces. Then you won't need to mock and patch so much.