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mocking out

mocking out is the present participle and gerund of mock out.

Meaning of mock out

Verb

mock out (third-person singular simple present mocks out, present participle mocking out, simple past and past participle mocked out)

  1. (transitive) To replace (source code or other software elements) with a stub that exhibits the desired behaviour, typically for use in automated testing.
    • Now that we know we have mocked out the objects and verified that the method we expected was called, we are ready to write a unit test.2011, Scott Millett, Jerrel Blankenship, Matthew Bussa, Pro Agile .NET Development with SCRUM (page B-18)

Questions about mocking out

What is mocking out the present participle and gerund of?
Mocking out is the present participle and gerund of mock out.

Words near mocking out in the dictionary

  1. mockies
  2. mocking
  3. mocking bird
  4. mocking birds
  5. mocking is catching
  6. mocking out
  7. mocking up
  8. mockingbird
  9. mockingbirds
  10. mockingly
  11. mockingness

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