Practice The Need For Mocking (3.1) - Chapter 10: Testing, Debugging, and Logging

Practice: The Need for Mocking

Lesson 3.1Testing, Debugging, and Logging

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Question 1.
What is the purpose of mocking in unit testing?
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Think about what dependencies might slow down your tests.
Question 2.
Name one class provided in the unittest.mock module.
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Remember, these classes help create mock objects.
3Question 3.
What is mocking?
- A way to speed up tests.
- A way to replace external dependencies with mock objects.
- Both A and B
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Think about both the benefits of speed and isolation.
4Question 4.
The unittest.mock module is primarily used for?
- To create mock objects
- To write comments
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Think about what you typically use this module for.
Question 5.
Create a function that retrieves user data from an API, and write a test for this function that uses mocking to simulate the API response.
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Use exemplars from class, focusing on how to test without calling the actual API.
Question 6.
Explain what would happen if you forget to mock an external dependency in your tests and the tests run on a CI/CD pipeline.
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Think about the impact of external variability in testing.

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