daniele salemi thinks this is interesting:

The majority of the existing Java mocking libraries are constructed in such a way that they require a strictly predefined approach to testing, which consists of three steps:

Mockito altered this approach substantially by minimizing the required steps, and provided a more intuitive approach – you can verify what you desired after the execution takes place. What makes Mockito special is the fact that creating a mock does not explicitly mean that one would li...