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FakeWeb

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Ruby gem for stubbing HTTP requests that predated WebMock. Bartosz Blimke tried to use FakeWeb but found its request-matching capabilities too limited and its support scoped only to Net::HTTP, which motivated him to write WebMock.

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FakeWeb tool
Blimke explains he tried FakeWeb first but its matching capabilities and Net::HTTP-only scope motivated him to create WebMock.
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FakeWeb tool
WebMock was inspired by and designed to overcome the limitations of FakeWeb (limited request matching, Net::HTTP only).

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