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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