# Component Tests

> A technique for testing one deployable component through its public interface with its dependencies replaced.

Record: `lexicon:component-tests`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Computation Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/computation-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-component-tests

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Unit Tests](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/unit-tests.md) and before [Isolate Test State](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/isolate-test-state.md).

## Category

- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/correctness-determinism-verification.md)

## Refactors

- [Test Pyramid Inversion](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/test-pyramid-inversion.md)
- [Validation](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/validation.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)
- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-correctness-determinism-verification.md)