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Test-Driven Development in Go

You're reading from Test-Driven Development in Go A practical guide to writing idiomatic and efficient Go tests through real-world examples

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803247878

Length 342 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Go

Tools

HTTP

Concepts

Test Driven Development

Author (1):

Adelina Simion

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: The Big Picture

2. Chapter 1: Getting to Grips with Test-Driven Development FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Unit Testing Essentials

4. Chapter 3: Mocking and Assertion Frameworks

5. Chapter 4: Building Efficient Test Suites

6. Part 2: Integration and End-to-End Testing with TDD

7. Chapter 5: Performing Integration Testing

8. Chapter 6: End-to-End Testing the BookSwap Web Application

9. Chapter 7: Refactoring in Go

10. Chapter 8: Testing Microservice Architectures

11. Part 3: Advanced Testing Techniques

12. Chapter 9: Challenges of Testing Concurrent Code

13. Chapter 10: Testing Edge Cases

14. Chapter 11: Working with Generics

15. Assessments

16. Index

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Chapter 1, Getting to Grips with Test-Driven Development

The testing pyramid specifies how automated test suites should be structured. At the bottom of the pyramid are unit tests, which test a single isolated component. Next up in the middle of the pyramid are integration tests, which test that multiple components are able to work together as specified. Finally, at the top of the test pyramid are end-to-end tests that test the behavior of the entire application.
Functional tests cover the correctness of a system, while non-functional tests cover the usability and performance of a system. Both types of tests are required to ensure that the system satisfies the customers’ needs.
The red, green, and refactor TDD approach refers to the three phases of the process. The red phase involves writing a new failing test for the functionality we intend to implement. The green phase involves writing enough implementation code to make all tests pass. Finally, the refactor phase...

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Authors (1)

Adelina Simion

Adelina Simion

Adelina Simion is a technology evangelist at Form3. She is a polyglot engineer and developer relations professional, with a decade of technical experience at multiple start-ups in London. She started her career as a Java backend engineer, converted later to Go, and then transitioned to a full-time developer relations role. She has published multiple online courses about Go on the LinkedIn Learning platform, helping thousands of developers upskill with Go. She has a passion for public speaking, having presented on cloud architectures at major European conferences. Adelina holds an M.Sc. in mathematical modeling and computing.

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