http://www.thycotic.com/strictmock-vs-dynamicmock-what-are-you-testing-here-anyway Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:21:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://www.thycotic.com/strictmock-vs-dynamicmock-what-are-you-testing-here-anyway/comment-page-1#comment-3858 OAB Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:48:35 +0000 http://www.thycotic.com/?p=365#comment-3858 I definitely prefer Dynamic mocks (or Loose mocks, as they're called in MoQ) for just the reasons you specify. The issue brought up by your coworker should be a non-issue if you are doing TDD -- there would be new tests written for whatever requirement drove the addition of IsFat, and if the behavior the former tests are testing remains valid, they remain green. I definitely prefer Dynamic mocks (or Loose mocks, as they’re called in MoQ) for just the reasons you specify. The issue brought up by your coworker should be a non-issue if you are doing TDD — there would be new tests written for whatever requirement drove the addition of IsFat, and if the behavior the former tests are testing remains valid, they remain green.

]]> http://www.thycotic.com/strictmock-vs-dynamicmock-what-are-you-testing-here-anyway/comment-page-1#comment-3856 Someone Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:00:45 +0000 http://www.thycotic.com/?p=365#comment-3856 The problem here is that Jimmy is talking about StrictMocks and DynamicMocks, which are two phrases that are purely related to Rhino Mocks. There ARE other mock frameworks, like MoQ and TypeMock. The problem here is that Jimmy is talking about StrictMocks and DynamicMocks, which are two phrases that are purely related to Rhino Mocks. There ARE other mock frameworks, like MoQ and TypeMock.

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