go-mutesting VS embedded-postgres

Compare go-mutesting vs embedded-postgres and see what are their differences.

go-mutesting

Mutation testing for Go source code (by zimmski)

embedded-postgres

Run a real Postgres database locally on Linux, OSX or Windows as part of another Go application or test (by fergusstrange)
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go-mutesting

Posts with mentions or reviews of go-mutesting. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-29.

embedded-postgres

Posts with mentions or reviews of embedded-postgres. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-12.
  • If you could go back in time | What would you do different regarding go
    6 projects | /r/golang | 12 Feb 2023
    So what can you do insted? For testing databases, setup a docker instance for tests (e.g. like in https://github.com/ardanlabs/service), or start an embedded-postgres daemon (see https://github.com/fergusstrange/embedded-postgres). For communication with external APIs, just pass the http.Client (either in context.Context or as a field on the struct). Then in tests, you can override the http.Client.Transport func.
  • Embedded database options
    10 projects | /r/golang | 18 May 2022
    There's also this interesting project, which embeds postgres into your binary: https://github.com/fergusstrange/embedded-postgres
    10 projects | /r/golang | 18 May 2022
    This is down to nuance, but all databases are "file based" as they all write to files. But most of them require a separate process with lock coordination to get away from writer lock delays and ensure ACID, which includes Postgresql. Calling any version of pgl "embedded" is confusing because I see that being used to describe pgl databases which are run in a localhost mode with a single reader/writer client. Regardless, those still require a postgres process and access it over IP. For simplicity, if one uses a database by touching its files directly from the process accessing the database, then it's "embedded"; but then again I guess that semantic ship has sailed: https://github.com/fergusstrange/embedded-postgres so the point may be moot.
  • Ask HN: Tips on hosting your own Postgres instance
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Feb 2022
    depending on the language you have chosen for your side project you might also be able to run postgresql in embedded mode here is the one for golang https://github.com/fergusstrange/embedded-postgres . There is similar solution for java as well.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing go-mutesting and embedded-postgres you can also consider the following projects:

gospecify - A BDD library for Go

go-testdeep - Extremely flexible golang deep comparison, extends the go testing package, tests HTTP APIs and provides tests suite

dsunit - Datastore Testibility

goc - A Comprehensive Coverage Testing System for The Go Programming Language

Testify - A toolkit with common assertions and mocks that plays nicely with the standard library

ginkgo - A Modern Testing Framework for Go

go-vcr - Record and replay your HTTP interactions for fast, deterministic and accurate tests

assert - :exclamation:Basic Assertion Library used along side native go testing, with building blocks for custom assertions

GoConvey - Go testing in the browser. Integrates with `go test`. Write behavioral tests in Go.

schema - Quick and easy expression matching for JSON schemas used in requests and responses