Overcoming Testing Obstacles With Python's Mock Object Library
From The Real Python Podcast by Real Python
February 27, 2026 · 40 min · Episode 286
About this episode
Christopher Trudeau discusses using Python's mock object library to improve testing reliability.
Do you have complex logic and unpredictable dependencies that make it hard to write reliable tests? How can you use Python's mock object library to improve your tests? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week with another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
People in this episode
Host: Real Python
Guest: Christopher Trudeau
Topics covered
- testing
- mock objects
- Python
- software development
- reliable tests
Keywords
- testing
- mock objects
- Python
- dependencies
- reliable tests
- software development
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Real Python
Products: Python's mock object library
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