Using mock objects during testing in Python.

Anna-Lena joins the podcast to teach us about mocks and using unittest.mock objects during testing.

We discuss:

Special Guest: Anna-Lena Popkes.

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Links:

• Personal webpage of Anna-Lena Popkes
• Magical Universe — Awesome Python features explained using the world of magic
• Test & Code 102: Cosmic Python, TDD, testing and external dependencies — The episode where Harry Percival discusses mocking.
• Talk: Harry Percival - Stop Using Mocks (for a while) - YouTube — Talk: Harry Percival - Stop Using Mocks (for a while)
• unittest.mock
• Autospeccing
• Mock Hell Talk (45 min version) Edwin Jung - PyCon 2019
• Mock Hell Talk (30 min version) - Edwin Jung - PyConDE
• PyCon Estonia
• KI macht Schule!
• Talk Python #186 : 100 Days of Python in a Magical Universe