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Mocks in Software Testing

Discussions center on using mocks for API and unit testing, promoting a tool called 'mock', debating mocks vs. fakes/stubs/real dependencies, and mentioning alternatives like WireMock, VCR, and SoapUI.

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LOGO leanpub.com LLM S3 DSL github.io HTTP examples.html i.e server.com mocks mock mocking testing fakes test api responses tests interfaces

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min2bro • Jan 23, 2019 • View on HN

Why mock? There are other tools like soap ui etc.

apta • Dec 4, 2019 • View on HN

What do you use instead of mocks when testing?

vintagedave • Sep 29, 2024 • View on HN

That sounds potentially really neat for mocking API calls.

dekhn • Jun 28, 2019 • View on HN

now that's a great test case that could easily be tested using mocks.

revskill • Jan 8, 2023 • View on HN

Test to me is a tool for debugging. Mock is at least useless to me. Use real mock instead by introduce real dependency, but with local effects.

dhuan_ • Jan 12, 2026 • View on HN

mock, an API creation and testing utility. Any feedback is welcome!https://dhuan.github.io/mock/latest/examples.html

dhuan_ • Nov 10, 2025 • View on HN

mock, an API creation and testing utility. Any feedback is welcome!https://dhuan.github.io/mock/latest/examples.html

dhuan_ • Dec 14, 2025 • View on HN

mock, an API creation and testing utility. Any feedback is welcome!https://dhuan.github.io/mock/latest/examples.html

kindofabigdeal • Feb 1, 2023 • View on HN

Either a test environment or a mocking library

SoftTalker • Jul 4, 2025 • View on HN

Awesome, now I don't have to write mocks for testing!