test double

English

Noun

test double (plural test doubles)

1. (programming) An object or procedure that looks and behaves like its release-intended counterpart, but is actually a simplified version to reduce complexity and facilitate testing.
   • 2010, Ken Pugh, Lean-Agile Acceptance Test-Driven-Development‎^[1], Pearson Education, →ISBN:

     A test double is something that stands in for a real system when tests are being run. It comes from the idea of a double who stands in for the real actor when shooting a movie.

Hyponyms

• dummy
• fake
• mock object, mock
• spy
• stub

Translations

object

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 測試替身／测试替身 (cèshì tìshēn)

• Finnish: testisijainen, testijäljitelmä
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can