154: Don't Mock your Database - Jeff Triplett
You need tests for your web app. And it has a database. What do you do with the database during testing? Should you use the real thing? or mock it? Jeff Triplett says don't mock it.
In this episode, we talk with Jeff about testing web applications, specifically Django apps, and of course talk about the downsides of database mocking.
Links:
- "🤔 In ~12 years, I have never seen a case where mocking a database was a good idea. ..."
- Django News
- Moto
- Test & Code 103: Django - Lacey Williams Henschel
- Model Bakery: Smart fixtures for better tests
- Faker
Creators and Guests
Guest
Jeff Triplett
Jeff Triplett is a Partner at REVSYS and a Director of the Python Software Foundation. The current President and co-founder of the Django Events Foundation North America (DEFNA), the non-profit which has run DjangoCon US since 2015, he was awarded the 2019 Malcolm Tredinnick Memorial Prize for his contributions to the Django community.
