go-arg
Struct-based argument parsing in Go (by alexflint)
go-testdeep
Extremely flexible golang deep comparison, extends the go testing package, tests HTTP APIs and provides tests suite (by maxatome)
| go-arg | go-testdeep | |
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| 6 | 11 | |
| 1,861 | 418 | |
| - | - | |
| 4.4 | 7.4 | |
| 28 days ago | 9 days ago | |
| Go | Go | |
| BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License | BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
go-arg
Posts with mentions or reviews of go-arg.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-02.
- Go-Arg: Struct-based argument parsing in Go
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Build a GitHub Issues Reporter for failing Kubernetes Apps with Botkube Plugins
Under the hood, the pluginx.ParseCommand method uses go-arg.
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Libraries for CLI and console applications
I’ve used multiple libraries over the last two years but less is more and go-arg feels like something that would be in the stdlib: https://github.com/alexflint/go-arg
- Libraries you use most of your projects?
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Best practice for configuring secrets
I use this: https://github.com/alexflint/go-arg and setting defaults for my local environment. So no need to keep a .env file.
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Recommended framework/library for creating cli apps in go?
I personally swear by the go-arg package, as i prefer its library-not-framework approach.
go-testdeep
Posts with mentions or reviews of go-testdeep.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-02.
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Working with JSON in Go: A Comprehensive Guide
And do not forget to use go-testdeep and its JSON operator to test JSON content: :)
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Libraries you use most of your projects?
TestDeep. I got pretty used to many of the matchers and they simplify my life now.
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Large repo switched to new go1.19 doc comments
To see the result on a large repository, I adapted the comments of go-testdeep to fully take advantage of these new features.
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reflect.DeepEqual return false for two identical maps of any
Check also go-testdeep → https://goplay.tools/snippet/KgoeGR1bIwT the full featured testing framework... (not related to go-test/deep)
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Patterns for unit testing in Go?
Check go-testdeep using its operators, it is very easy to do table driven tests, see https://goplay.space/#Z91D72aH3Sc for an example
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go-testdeep v1.11.0 released with many new features and some fixes
See https://github.com/maxatome/go-testdeep/releases/tag/v1.11.0 for changes.
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go-testdeep v1.10.0 then v1.10.1 released with many new features!
the 1.10.0 release with many new features including a new SuperSliceOf operator (so now 62 operators!), a relaxed JSON parser, the possibility to ignore unexported struct fields, to target a specific nested field (even private), the enhancement of tdhttp HTTP API tester to check cookies, to use multipart/form-data bodies, and many other magic things…
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Do you prefer go-convey over golang's t.Run?
And of course go-testdeep which colorizes the error reports with simple but accurate diff.
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go-testdeep v1.9.1 released with many new features!
Links: - Github — https://github.com/maxatome/go-testdeep - Home — https://go-testdeep.zetta.rocks/ - Releases — https://github.com/maxatome/go-testdeep/releases - tdhttp the API tester — https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/maxatome/go-testdeep/helpers/tdhttp - tdsuite the testing suite — https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/maxatome/go-testdeep/helpers/tdsuite
What are some alternatives?
When comparing go-arg and go-testdeep you can also consider the following projects:
argparse - Argparse for golang. Just because `flag` sucks
Testify - A toolkit with common assertions and mocks that plays nicely with the standard library
flag - Flag is a simple but powerful command line option parsing library for Go support infinite level subcommand
go-mutesting - Mutation testing for Go source code
cobra - A Commander for modern Go CLI interactions
go-cmp - Package for comparing Go values in tests
go-flags - go command line option parser
endly - End to end functional test and automation framework
viper - Go configuration with fangs
GoConvey - Go testing in the browser. Integrates with `go test`. Write behavioral tests in Go.
docopt.go - A command-line arguments parser that will make you smile.
frisby - API testing framework inspired by frisby-js