There seems to be a fair amount of confusion surrounding mocks in Elixir. You CAN use mocks in Elixir, and although there are some considerations for asynchronous execution, the mechanics and preparation are not vastly different than other languages, so I wanted to set the record straight and provide a walk-through that explains a bit of the philosophy so we can understand and use the Mox library.

… before and after code blocks, corrects mention of 'expect' as a function (it is not a macro), combs through for better readability