--- title: "What Isolation\\Mocking and unit testing framework are you using?" url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2009/3/9/what-isolationmocking-and-unit-testing-framework-are-you-usi.md" canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2009/3/9/what-isolationmocking-and-unit-testing-framework-are-you-usi.html" published: "2009-03-09T14:11:06" updated: "2009-03-09T14:11:06" tags: ["Agile", "Agile Related", "Unit Testing"] author: "Roy Osherove" description: "It’s time to re-examine where things stand in our little niche. This should be interesting, if enough people answer – so please answer (you need flash). Embedded Flash media from the original post is no longer playable.…" 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/" --- # What Isolation\\Mocking and unit testing framework are you using? By Roy Osherove March 9, 2009 In [Agile](https://osherove.com/blog/category/agile), [Agile Related](https://osherove.com/blog/category/agile-related), [Unit Testing](https://osherove.com/blog/category/unit-testing) **Historical article** · Originally published March 9, 2009; technical details may be outdated. It’s time to re-examine where things stand in our little niche. This should be interesting, if enough people answer – so **please answer** (you need flash).

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