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title: "The Difference Between JUnit and Mockito"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-difference-between-junit-and-mockito-1a0rjxgod
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source: "Baeldung"
published: 2024-06-06T11:20:24.704Z
updated: 2024-10-05T16:34:21.099Z
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# The Difference Between JUnit and Mockito

**[Baeldung](https://daily.dev/sources/baeldung)** · 5 min read · 27 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

This post explores the differences between JUnit and Mockito, two popular testing frameworks in the Java ecosystem. JUnit is focused on creating the testing structure and environment, while Mockito complements JUnit by helping test individual components through mocking and controlling their behavior.

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