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173: Mocking and Unit Tests

173: Mocking and Unit TestsIntro topic: HeadphonesNews/Links:Texas A&M University Physics Festivalhttps://physicsfestival.tamu.edu/Rust vs Cpp at GoogleLars Bergstrom (Google Director of Engineering): Rust teams at Google are as productive as the ones using Go and 2x those using Cpphttps://youtu.be/6mZRWFQRvmw?t=27012Is Cosine Similarity Really About Similarityhttps://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05440Xz utils supply chain attackAndres Freund at Microsofthttps://arstechnica.com/security/2024/04/what-we-know-about-the-xz-utils-backdoor-that-almost-infected-the-world/Book of the ShowPatrick:80/20 Running by Matt Fitzgeraldhttps://amzn.to/3xyEKLoJason: A Movie Making Nerdhttps://amzn.to/49ycDJjPatreon Plug https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=hTool of the ShowPatrick: Shapez Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playdigious.shapez&hl=en_US&gl=USShapez iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shapez-factory-game/id6450830779Jason: Dwarf Fortresshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/Topic: Mocking and Unit TestsWhat are Unit TestsBalance between utility, maintenance, and coverageUnit Test: testing small functionsRegression Test: Testing larger functionsSystem Test: End-to-end testing of programsWhat are mocks & fakesWhen to use mock vs. fakeMocking libraries in various languagesPython: https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.htmlJava: https://github.com/mockito/mockitoC++: https://github.com/google/googletest

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Patrick Wheeler and Jason Gauci

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173: Mocking and Unit Tests

Intro topic: Headphones

News/Links:

- Texas A&M University Physics Festival

- https://physicsfestival.tamu.edu/

- Rust vs Cpp at Google

- Lars Bergstrom (Google Director of Engineering): Rust teams at Google are as productive as the ones using Go and 2x those using Cpp
- https://youtu.be/6mZRWFQRvmw?t=27012

- Is Cosine Similarity Really About Similarity

- https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05440

- Xz utils supply chain attack

- Andres Freund at Microsoft
- https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/04/what-we-know-about-the-xz-utils-backdoor-that-almost-infected-the-world/

Book of the Show

- Patrick:

- 80/20 Running by Matt Fitzgerald
- https://amzn.to/3xyEKLo

- Jason:

- A Movie Making Nerd
- https://amzn.to/49ycDJj

Patreon Plug https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h

Tool of the Show

- Patrick:

- Shapez Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playdigious.shapez&hl=en_US&gl=US
- Shapez iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shapez-factory-game/id6450830779

- Jason:

- Dwarf Fortress
- https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/

Topic: Mocking and Unit Tests

- What are Unit Tests

- Balance between utility, maintenance, and coverage
- Unit Test: testing small functions
- Regression Test: Testing larger functions
- System Test: End-to-end testing of programs

- What are mocks & fakes
- When to use mock vs. fake
- Mocking libraries in various languages

- Python: https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html
- Java: https://github.com/mockito/mockito
- C++: https://github.com/google/googletest

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