---
title: "Typemock Isolator with AAA syntax"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2008/7/24/typemock-isolator-with-aaa-syntax.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2008/7/24/typemock-isolator-with-aaa-syntax.html"
published: "2008-07-24T00:34:15"
updated: "2008-07-24T00:34:15"
tags: ["Agile", "General Software Devel...", "Typemock", "Unit Testing"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "We've just posted a preview of the next Isolator API coming out in august. It is AAA-style (Arrange, act, assert) and has many changes. We need your input so head on over, read it and tell us your thoughts . This is the…"
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/"
---

# Typemock Isolator with AAA syntax

By Roy Osherove July 24, 2008 In [Agile](https://osherove.com/blog/category/agile), [General Software Devel...](https://osherove.com/blog/category/general-software-devel), [Typemock](https://osherove.com/blog/category/typemock), [Unit Testing](https://osherove.com/blog/category/unit-testing)

**Historical article** · Originally published July 24, 2008; technical details may be outdated.

We've [just posted a preview](http://blog.typemock.com/2008/07/preview-and-questions-on-next-isolator.html) of the next Isolator API coming out in august. It is AAA-style (Arrange, act, assert) and has many changes. We **need your input** so [head on over, read it and tell us your thoughts](http://blog.typemock.com/2008/07/preview-and-questions-on-next-isolator.html). This is the time where you can make a huge difference. anything you don't like, say it in the comments.

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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

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