Testing smart contracts.

[Aditya-Vinit-Joshi]

Do we have to write the deploy scripts before testing a smart contract in hardhat. Or can we just start testing by writing mocha tests leaving the deploy and scripts directory blank?

[rin-st]

You need to test real behavior, not mocked, so you must test deployed contracts. Use mocks only when you can't use real contracts, for example, when you need to import third-party contracts locally. Hence, deploy scripts first and testing second.