About a year ago, I was learning how to properly unit test Phoenix applications using the Mox library. The strategy I adopted for my side projects involves adding “module dependencies” to any module I want to unit test, and then using Mox to configure those dependencies during the tests.

While that approach is great for preserving good unit test hygiene, such as using explicit intra-module contracts, it isn’t always the simplest. One major hurdle I’ve encountered since writing that post is figuring out how to use both unit and integration tests in a sane way. Read more on Testing in Elixir with Multiple Environments…