GoAws vs is

GoAws

AWS (SQS/SNS) Clone for Development testing (by Admiral-Piett)

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Professional lightweight testing mini-framework for Go. (by matryer)

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GoAws		is
	Project
-	Mentions	7
758	Stars	1,717
-	Growth	-
6.1	Activity	2.7
12 days ago	Latest Commit	3 months ago
Go	Language	Go
MIT License	License	MIT License

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GoAws

Posts with mentions or reviews of GoAws. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

is

Posts with mentions or reviews of is. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-13.

The Go libraries that never failed us: 22 libraries you need to know
6 projects | /r/golang | 13 Dec 2022
is there a way to write test in a sane way?
3 projects | /r/golang | 22 Mar 2022

I use https://github.com/matryer/is which is a simplified version of testify.
Testing frameworks, which to use?
5 projects | /r/golang | 28 Feb 2022

testify off steroids, all you ever need: is
What are the REST API reference projects that can be used as a guide in 2021?
10 projects | /r/golang | 24 Nov 2021

However your point is valid. Check matryer/is for unit test writing. DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock to test database interactions.
Beginner here, I'm wondering how ok it is to omit err return values as I am trying to approach things from test-driven perspective
2 projects | /r/golang | 25 Oct 2021

Even better, use https://github.com/matryer/is.
"is" testing framework?
2 projects | /r/golang | 17 Oct 2021

Probably they talking about https://github.com/matryer/is ?
fluentassert - a prototype of yet another assertion library
7 projects | /r/golang | 28 Mar 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing GoAws and is you can also consider the following projects:

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

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

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

verify - Extensible, type-safe, fluent assertion Go library.

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

gnomock - Test your code without writing mocks with ephemeral Docker containers 📦 Setup popular services with just a couple lines of code ⏱️ No bash, no yaml, only code 💻

gomega - Ginkgo's Preferred Matcher Library

gotest.tools - A collection of packages to augment the go testing package and support common patterns.

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

goblin - Minimal and Beautiful Go testing framework

wstest - go websocket client for unit testing of a websocket handler

godog - Cucumber for golang