Mocks for Speed
Posted by kev Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:36:00 GMT
I’m starting to come around on the subject of using mock objects as opposed to just letting the code run. Here’s why:
Loaded suite UnitTests
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Finished in 0.070892 seconds.
212 tests, 250 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors
Loaded suite IntegrationTests
Started
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Finished in 0.046002 seconds.
19 tests, 24 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors
Loaded suite AcceptanceTests
Started
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Finished in 0.007645 seconds.This is from the tests that are bundled with Mocha, a mocking library.
Look at those numbers! Look at just the unit tests. 212 tests, 250 assertions, 0.070892 seconds. Hot damn. Imagine your Rails tests running like that.
