Chapter 1Build a Testing Foundation
Why do we need a tool like Mockito, and how does it makes our lives as developers easier?
Like many developers, I was a career changer. I came from engineering, where I spent my time with a lot of math and a lot of (shudder) Fortran. Eventually I switched to software, adopted Java in its early years, and retrained for IT. One unexpected benefit of this transition was that the next time I visited my parents, my father told me something in the house was broken, and I was able to reply, “Sorry, that’s a hardware problem.”
I feel that way about most hardware, and, to be honest, about most software too. If the code works, I’m happy. If it doesn’t, then I have to narrow down where it’s failing. Since everything ...
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