Notes on talk - Advanced testing in golang by Mitchell Hashimoto
Test Fixtures “go test” sets pwd as package directory Test Helpers should never return an error they should access to the *testing.T object call t.Helper() in the beginning (works only for go1.9+) for things reqiuiring clean up return closures Configurability Unconfigurable behavior is often a point of difficulty for tests. e.g. ports, timeouts, paths. Over-parameterize structs to allow tests to fine-tune their behavior It’s ok to make these configs unexported so only tests can set them. Slides Video GopherCon 2017: Mitchell Hashimoto - Advanced Testing with Go by Mitchell Hashimoto