https://terminal.space/tag/nodejs/ Recent content in Nodejs on sugar, spice, &terminal? nice Hugo en Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:00:30 +0000 https://terminal.space/tech/hownot2-mock-in-deno/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:00:30 +0000 https://terminal.space/tech/hownot2-mock-in-deno/ <figure><img src="https://terminal.space/tech/hownot2-mock-in-deno/images/naoki-suzuki-JL3or092e-8-unsplash1.jpg" alt="A funky crocodile made out of cups and other materials. It is sitting on top of some other cartoon character, wearing a read hat"><figcaption> <p>A funky crocodile made out of cups and other materials. It is sitting on top of some other cartoon character, wearing a read hat</p> </figcaption> </figure> <p>Mocking functions in deno is very limited, compared to NodeJS. Maybe, it&rsquo;s so bad that it&rsquo;s actually great. As your resident ruby-hater-in-chief, I&rsquo;m here to tell you that code &ldquo;magically working&rdquo; comes at great cost. Today we&rsquo;re going to learn about why modern javascript broke mocking, and why Deno refused to create magic to pretend otherwise.</p>