---
title: "Stubs, Mocks & Spies"
url: https://stanko.io/talks/stubs-mocks-spies-7GHQbNHP6vdJ
author: Stanko Krtalic Rusendic
published: 2016-04-28
updated: 2024-03-22
event: "RubyZG meetup"
kind: meetup
held: 2016-04-28
eventUrl: https://www.meetup.com/rubyzg/events/230366251/
---

# Stubs, Mocks & Spies

What are stubs, mocks, spies and fakes?

How can they improve my tests?

Those are two questions that I want to answer with this talk.

Stubs, mocks and spies are essential tools of every testing library.

[Slides](https://github.com/rubyzg/slides/blob/master/2016-04-28/stubs_mocks_spies.pdf)