Testing
Test doubles
What is a test double?
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A test double is the umbrella term for a stand-in object that replaces a real dependency that's slow or unpredictable, such as the network, a database, or the clock. The dependency has to be abstracted behind a protocol and injected before you can swap the real implementation out.
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