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by lochlan 3131 days ago
That strict definition of “unit” testing (advocating for isolationism and banning collaboration with dependencies) is too narrow for my taste. DI can make a lot of sense, but I don’t think that means you have to mock everything (inviting a maintenance cost) for the sake of purity.

Here’s Fowler’s take: https://martinfowler.com/bliki/UnitTest.html