Do we really need isolation frameworks to create stubs?

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Published on 2010-05-22T19:59:26Z Indexed on 2010/05/23 2:40 UTC
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I have read this: http://martinfowler.com/articles/mocksArentStubs.html My concepts about a stub and a mock are clear. I understand the need of isolation frameworks like moq, rhinomocks and like to create a mock object. As mocks, participate in actual verfication of expectations. But why do we need these frameworks to create stubs. I would rather prefer rolling out a hand created stub and use it in various fixtures.

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