# Independent Testing

> The ability to test a component in isolation without standing up its collaborators.

Record: `lexicon:independent-testing`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Aliases: Test Isolation
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-independent-testing

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Change Isolation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/change-isolation.md) and before [Internal Refactoring](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/internal-refactoring.md).

## Category

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-modular-design.md)

## Enabled by

- [Low Coupling](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/low-coupling.md)
- [Independence](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/independence.md)

## Linked from

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-core-modular-design.md)
- [Core Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lexicon-category-core-vocabulary.md)