--- title: "Posts about getting started with mocks | Speedscale" description: "Browse posts in the getting started with mocks category." canonical: "https://speedscale.com/blog/category/getting-started-with-mocks/" --- # Posts about getting started with mocks Browse 10 posts in this category [![From Handwritten Mocks to proxymock: The Complete Loop](https://speedscale.com/_astro/featured-image.DW4fVrDn_Z22opF9.webp)](https://speedscale.com/blog/handwritten-mocks-to-proxymock/) Sep 3, 2026 ### [From Handwritten Mocks to proxymock: The Complete Loop](https://speedscale.com/blog/handwritten-mocks-to-proxymock/) Part 10 of Getting Started with Mocks: use proxymock to record real API traffic, inject failures, verify side effects, and expose contract drift. [Getting Started with Mocks](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/getting-started-with-mocks/) [API Testing](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/api-testing/) [Developer tools](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/developer-tools/) [by Matt LeRay](https://speedscale.com/blog/author/matt-leray/) [![Did It Actually Send?](https://speedscale.com/_astro/featured-image.D1KokaIp_Z280uuM.webp)](https://speedscale.com/blog/did-it-actually-send/) Sep 2, 2026 ### [Did It Actually Send?](https://speedscale.com/blog/did-it-actually-send/) Part 4 of Getting Started with Mocks: the notifier stops returning a message and starts sending one, so the test needs a spy instead of a return value. [Getting Started with Mocks](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/getting-started-with-mocks/) [API Testing](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/api-testing/) [Developer tools](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/developer-tools/) [by Matt LeRay](https://speedscale.com/blog/author/matt-leray/) [![Make Failure Boring with Mocks](https://speedscale.com/_astro/featured-image.gxXFhYgU_Z161Ibn.webp)](https://speedscale.com/blog/make-failure-boring/) Sep 2, 2026 ### [Make Failure Boring with Mocks](https://speedscale.com/blog/make-failure-boring/) Part 3 of Getting Started with Mocks: the same seam, now returning refusals, timeouts and nonsense, so the failure paths finally get tested. [Getting Started with Mocks](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/getting-started-with-mocks/) [API Testing](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/api-testing/) [Developer tools](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/developer-tools/) [by Matt LeRay](https://speedscale.com/blog/author/matt-leray/) [![Mock the Wire](https://speedscale.com/_astro/featured-image.BaYwTHo5_Z2uE9aY.webp)](https://speedscale.com/blog/mock-the-wire/) Sep 2, 2026 ### [Mock the Wire](https://speedscale.com/blog/mock-the-wire/) Part 7 of Getting Started with Mocks: a fake HTTP server finally runs the real client, so paths, headers, and parsing get tested. Java, Node, Go, Python. [Getting Started with Mocks](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/getting-started-with-mocks/) [API Testing](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/api-testing/) [Developer tools](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/developer-tools/) [by Matt LeRay](https://speedscale.com/blog/author/matt-leray/) [![Test Behavior, Not Choreography](https://speedscale.com/_astro/featured-image.Bmxy2j0J_10qp4C.webp)](https://speedscale.com/blog/test-behavior-not-choreography/) Sep 2, 2026 ### [Test Behavior, Not Choreography](https://speedscale.com/blog/test-behavior-not-choreography/) Part 5 of Getting Started with Mocks: a test that pinned the retry schedule broke on a change no customer could notice. Here is how to rewrite it. [Getting Started with Mocks](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/getting-started-with-mocks/) [API Testing](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/api-testing/) [Developer tools](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/developer-tools/) [by Matt LeRay](https://speedscale.com/blog/author/matt-leray/) [![They Aren't All Mocks](https://speedscale.com/_astro/featured-image.DGMIsALN_TiAkg.webp)](https://speedscale.com/blog/they-arent-all-mocks/) Sep 2, 2026 ### [They Aren't All Mocks](https://speedscale.com/blog/they-arent-all-mocks/) Part 6 of Getting Started with Mocks: stub, spy, fake, mock, and dummy, sorted by what each one does. Java, Node, Go, Python. [Getting Started with Mocks](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/getting-started-with-mocks/) [API Testing](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/api-testing/) [Developer tools](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/developer-tools/) [by Matt LeRay](https://speedscale.com/blog/author/matt-leray/) [![What Mocks Are Actually For](https://speedscale.com/_astro/featured-image.DKGb4fei_23e2wr.webp)](https://speedscale.com/blog/what-mocks-are-actually-for/) Sep 2, 2026 ### [What Mocks Are Actually For](https://speedscale.com/blog/what-mocks-are-actually-for/) Part 1 of Getting Started with Mocks: the one job a mock does, the five situations where you need one, and what a green mocked test does not prove. [Getting Started with Mocks](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/getting-started-with-mocks/) [API Testing](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/api-testing/) [Developer tools](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/developer-tools/) [by Matt LeRay](https://speedscale.com/blog/author/matt-leray/) [![When Handwritten Mocks Stop Scaling](https://speedscale.com/_astro/featured-image.6qqh4Vfc_jE1LM.webp)](https://speedscale.com/blog/when-handwritten-mocks-stop-scaling/) Sep 2, 2026 ### [When Handwritten Mocks Stop Scaling](https://speedscale.com/blog/when-handwritten-mocks-stop-scaling/) Part 9 of Getting Started with Mocks: a decision framework for stubs, fakes, fake servers, mock servers, record-and-replay, and real dependencies. [Getting Started with Mocks](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/getting-started-with-mocks/) [API Testing](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/api-testing/) [Developer tools](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/developer-tools/) [by Matt LeRay](https://speedscale.com/blog/author/matt-leray/) [![Your First Useful Mock](https://speedscale.com/_astro/featured-image.C4V6SitU_2qc3OX.webp)](https://speedscale.com/blog/your-first-useful-mock/) Sep 2, 2026 ### [Your First Useful Mock](https://speedscale.com/blog/your-first-useful-mock/) Part 2 of Getting Started with Mocks: a test you cannot write, one seam, and the smallest mock that makes a delayed package happen. Java, Node, Go, Python. [Getting Started with Mocks](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/getting-started-with-mocks/) [API Testing](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/api-testing/) [Developer tools](https://speedscale.com/blog/category/developer-tools/) [by Matt LeRay](https://speedscale.com/blog/author/matt-leray/) ## Try Speedscale free Choose the desktop proxymock or the hosted cloud trial to get started. [Free Desktop Tool](https://docs.speedscale.com/proxymock/getting-started/installation/) [Free Cloud Trial](https://app.speedscale.com/signup)