Tony Morris

@KenScambler Wow, really on a an anti-mock crusade at the moment. :) Don't suppose you have another blog in the works (for a friend)?

@charlesofarrell @KenScambler it's all about side-effects isn't it? When you need mocks it's likely because you have side-effects

@etorreborre @charlesofarrell Yes, pretty much. Also this OO-modelling mindset of "collaborators" which is irrelevant for pure functions.

@KenScambler @charlesofarrell collaborators happen as well in FP with functions as arguments but I've not seen them over abused

@etorreborre @charlesofarrell Sure. But you can test them by passing in real functions, and not a web of lies and magic.

@KenScambler exactly, no need for mocks #deathtomocks

@etorreborre @KenScambler #deathtomocks #amen

@charlesofarrell @etorreborre @KenScambler I'm testing code that interacts with third-party stateful systems - you wouldn't mock those?