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title: "Mock vs. MockObject + Typemock Blog: Tips, Tricks and important things to know"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2008/2/4/mock-vs-mockobject-typemock-blog-tips-tricks-and-important-t.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2008/2/4/mock-vs-mockobject-typemock-blog-tips-tricks-and-important-t.html"
published: "2008-02-04T14:39:38"
updated: "2008-02-04T14:39:38"
tags: ["Agile"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "There is now an official Typemock blog over at http://typemock.blogspot.com (and the direct RSS feed ) that will host posts from the developers of Typemock(myself included) about any of these topics: Be a direct open…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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# Mock vs. MockObject + Typemock Blog: Tips, Tricks and important things to know

By Roy Osherove February 4, 2008 In [Agile](https://osherove.com/blog/category/agile)

**Historical article** · Originally published February 4, 2008; technical details may be outdated.

There is now an official Typemock blog over at [http://typemock.blogspot.com](http://typemock.blogspot.com/) (and the [direct RSS feed](http://feeds.feedburner.com/Typemock)) that will host posts from the developers of Typemock(myself included) about any of these topics:

- Be a direct open channel to developers (other than [the forums](http://typemock.com/))
- upcoming and current product news
- explanations of various "hidden" features
- Explaining various concepts that Typemock uses
- Talking about various unit testing concepts

[The first post if by Lior Friedman](http://typemock.blogspot.com/2008/02/creation-of-mocks-on-difference-between_04.html), explaining the difference between two API methods that sound a lot alike:

1. _MockManager.Mock_
2. _MockManager.MockObject_

The main difference in a nutshell? _MockManager.Mock_ is for mocking _Future_ object instances (that will be created later and maybe out of our control), while _MockManager.Mock_Object will create an _instance_ then and there (just like you'd do it with typemock). [Read Lior's full post for a better explanation](http://typemock.blogspot.com/2008/02/creation-of-mocks-on-difference-between_04.html).

Yes. I realize that the naming sucks. Not for long. If you have good suggestions for renaming these methods, do me a favor and leave a comment on the new blog. We'd love to hear it.

## More in Agile

[All posts in Agile](https://osherove.com/blog/category/agile)

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    ### [Ad hoc Unit Tests with Snippet Compiler](https://osherove.com/blog/2008/2/21/ad-hoc-unit-tests-with-snippet-compiler.html)

- Feb 14, 2008

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- Feb 4, 2008

    ### [Typemock Isolator 4.2 Beta released with cool new features (Previously Typemock.NET)](https://osherove.com/blog/2008/2/4/typemock-isolator-42-beta-released-with-cool-new-features-pr.html)

- Jan 29, 2008

    ### [Extension methods around the Typemock Community Edition](https://osherove.com/blog/2008/1/29/extension-methods-around-the-typemock-community-edition.html)


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