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Typemock
Company blog · typemock.com/blogprogramming
Typemock is the company blog at typemock.com, writing about programming. Since 2010, 31 different Hacker News readers have linked it 98 times, most often “Isolator++ (Easy Unit Testing for C++) released”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-20, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (15) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Typemock sells mocking and unit testing tools, Isolator and Isolator++, for .NET and C++. HN commenters link mainly to its product pages and free trials rather than to its articles.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 15 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Easy unit testing solutions for .NET and C++. Write unit tests without changing your code, even legacy code.
Most-linked posts?
- Isolator++ (Easy Unit Testing for C++) released3 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2010-10-09
- /3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2011-02-21
- Fear and Loathing in Legacy Code2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-05-18
What Hacker News says?
There are tradeoffs with all languages. C++ avoids the GC, but you then have to make sure you know how to avoid the common pitfalls of that language. We use C++ at Scylla (saw that we got a shout-out in the blog! Woot!) but it's not like there isn't a whole industry about writing blogs avoiding C++ pitfalls. C++ pitfalls through the years... • https://www.horstmann.com/cpp/pitfalls.html (1997) • https://stackoverflo…
Comment linking /pitfalls-c/
on “Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust”Submitted The 12 bugs of Christmas as a story · 23 points
HN discussionFor more information about Isolator, check out http://www.typemock.com . TDD can save startups resources -- performing unit tests will save them money and lead to a better product and thus better reputation.
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on “Ask HN: Is TDD/BDD hampering your startup's agility?”Submitted Reasons to Write Unit Tests as a story · 11 points
HN discussionLove #6 & #7 - Unit Testing and Refactor. It's such an important practice and best to build the right habits from the beginning. The cost of entry is so low with free mocking frameworks. Even commercial vendors like Typemock got into it with their Basic ( http://typemock.com/isolator-product-page )
Comment linking /isolator-product-page
on “On Being a Junior Developer”Submitted Unit-Test Patterns for .NET as a story · 10 points
HN discussionTypeMock Isolator[0] and JustMock[1] can mock nonvirtual methods and static methods. Fody Ionad[2] is a free tool that can replace static methods. The reason that most mocking framework don't support this is that the implementation is complex[3]. [0] https://www.typemock.com/isolator [1] http://www.telerik.com/products/mocking.aspx [2] https://github.com/Fody/Ionad [3] http://mattwarren.org/2014/08/14/how-to-mock-se…
Comment linking /isolator
on “Don't overuse interfaces”Submitted How to Start Unit Testing .NET Projects: A Unit Testing Guide as a story · 9 points
HN discussionhttps://www.typemock.com/ solves this problem. Also, C# doesn't seal anything by default. The methods are non-virtual by default, but that's a very different thing, and there's a good reason for it when it comes to libraries and versioning.
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on “Windows 11: a spyware machine out of users' control”Submitted What are the best C++ development tools in Linux? as a story · 8 points
HN discussion1. This was not written by Joel himself. This was written by a guy named Benji Smith on JoS forum. 2. I understand dependency injection completely but question if it's really required to write quality software OR is it a technique you use because programming languages are lacking. Let me give you an example. In .NET world, there is a product called, Isolator by a company called TypeMock. It can let you mock any type…
Comment linking /TypemockIsolatorExamples
on “Why I Hate Frameworks (2005)”Submitted Isolator++ (Easy Unit Testing for C++) released as a story · 8 points
HN discussionAbsolutely. Feel free as well to try it out and blog your thoughts or some tips on how to get started http://www.typemock.com/isolatorpp-product-page
Comment linking /isolatorpp-product-page
on “Unit Testing in Linux and Multiplatform doesn't have to suck”Submitted Let the robot code for you as a story · 6 points
HN discussionThose are great testing frameworks. Isolator++ is a mocking framework that works with any xTesting framework, such as CxxTest or GoogleTest. Why don't you download the free trial and tell what you think http://www.typemock.com/isolatorpp-product-page
Comment linking /isolatorpp-product-page
on “Unit Testing in Linux and Multiplatform doesn't have to suck”Submitted Agile Development is Broken as a story · 6 points
HN discussionFeel free to download it and try it out http://www.typemock.com/isolatorpp-product-page
Comment linking /isolatorpp-product-page
on “Unit Testing in Linux and Multiplatform doesn't have to suck”Submitted Free Chapter of The Art of Unit Testing as a story · 6 points
HN discussionBoth. Have you had a chance to try Isolator++ for unit testing (Windows and Linux) - http://www.typemock.com/isolatorpp-product-page
Comment linking /isolatorpp-product-page
on “What are your favorite C++ development tools?”Submitted 8 Commandments for Choosing a Unit Testing Tool as a story · 6 points
HN discussionThere are additional examples at http://www.typemock.com/articles
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on “How to Start Unit Testing .NET Projects: A Unit Testing Guide”Submitted How to name your first test as a story · 5 points
HN discussionAnd we're proud of it! It's lazy to do things right first and lazy not to want to fight with our code, seeking out bugs. BTW, Unit Testing is getting even lazier with Typemock Isolator V7 ( http://www.typemock.com/isolator-v7 ). It's finding the bugs for you, so you don't have to waste 2 hours hunting around.
Comment linking /isolator-v7
on “Unit testing is for lazy people”Submitted The Essential Setup To Begin Unit Testing as a story · 5 points
HN discussionIt's not about unit testing but rather testing properly. With powerful mocking frameworks like Typemock Isolator or Isolator++ http://www.typemock.com many of these issues can be dealt with even for those who don't do TDD
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on “Unit Testing: A False Idol”Submitted A tax on software bugs? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionWhat about Typemock Isolator++ http://www.typemock.com/isolatorpp-product-page
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on “C++ mocking made easy”Submitted Why unit test in C++? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionTesting is a pain and it takes time. Plus, we don't always even find the bugs. But if you write unit tests or want to start unit testing, Typemock's newest release (released last Monday) makes unit testing easy and finds the bugs for you. http://www.typemock.com
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on “Poll: Do you test your code?”Submitted Should you be unit testing in C or C++? as a story · 4 points
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