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Foundations of TDD in Go and Testify: The Principles

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Provider

CodeSignal
Pricing

Free Certificate
Languages

English
Certificate

Certificate Available
Duration & workload

3 hours
Sessions

On-Demand
Level

Intermediate

Found in

Part of

Test Driven Development in Go and Testify

Overview

This course introduces Test-Driven Development (TDD) for Go projects, covering the Red-Green-Refactor workflow, TDD mindset, and setup with Testify. Learn best practices like SOLID principles and dependency injection, and explore TDD's impact on code quality and speed compared to traditional approaches.

Syllabus

Unit 1: Introduction to TDD with Go: What, Why, and How

Write a Test, Watch It Fail
Make the Test Pass
Refactor for Readability and Clarity

Unit 2: Generalizing Solutions with Test Driven Development

Write another failing test
Make it pass again
Refactor to use parameterized tests

Unit 3: The TDD Mindset: Thinking in Tests with Go

Defining the first test for Shopping Cart totals
Make it pass
Write another failing test
Make the Cart Total Function Work
Implement Sum Method in ShoppingCart Struct
Make it Red
Make it Green

Unit 4: Setting Up and Mastering Testing in Go and Testify

Understanding Testing with Testify in Go
Use some Verifiers
Create a Test Suite
Refactor Test Setup with SetupTest
Group Email Tests Using Suites
Expect an error

Unit 5: Managing Dependencies in TDD with Go

Write your first failing test
Make it pass
Refactor
Write a test that expects logging (Red)
Make the tests pass
Refactor the UserManager Class

Unit 6: Introduction to the AAA Pattern in TDD with Go and Testify

Refactor Tests Using the AAA Pattern

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