On 2008-08-27, at 15:25, Mark Wilden wrote:
The other thing I would say is that mocking and stubbing are powerful tools that you should add to your arsenal as soon as possible. I've had several coworkers who resisted using them, only to finally achieve that "aha!" moment later. Your tests get easier to write, and they're less brittle to change.
G'day Mark. I was re-reading this thread and noticed this paragraph of yours. I've been using RSpec and BDD for about 2 months now, and love it.
However, I'm not a fan of mocking and stubbing, primarily for two reasons: 1) I believe that specs should test behaviour, rather than a behaviour's implementation. 2) Using mocks and stubs causes your specs and implementation to be tightly coupled, which often forces you to modify your specs if changes occur in the implementation.
However, #2 contradicts what you said about "tests ... [are] less brittle to change" when using mocks and stubs. Considering that I'm still very new to mocks and stubs, I'm probably missing something here. When you have a minute, would you mind countering me?
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