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173: Mocking and Unit Tests Intro topic: Headphones News/Links: * Texas A&M University Physics Festival * https://physicsfestival.tamu.edu/ ( 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 ( https://youtu.be/6mZRWFQRvmw?t=27012 ) * Is Cosine Similarity Really About Similarity * https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05440 ( 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/ ( 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 ( https://amzn.to/3xyEKLo ) * Jason: * A Movie Making Nerd * https://amzn.to/49ycDJj ( https://amzn.to/49ycDJj ) Patreon Plug https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h ( 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 ( 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 ( https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shapez-factory-game/id6450830779 ) * Jason: * Dwarf Fortress * https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/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 ( https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html ) * Java: https://github.com/mockito/mockito ( https://github.com/mockito/mockito ) * C++: https://github.com/google/googletest ( https://github.com/google/googletest ) Programming Throwdown Episode 173 April 29, 2024 ★ Episode details: https://share.transistor.fm/s/3dd84a81 ★ Additional episodes: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/