gotest.tools vs is

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gotest.tools		is
	Project
2	Mentions	7
491	Stars	1,711
2.0%	Growth	-
5.0	Activity	2.7
4 months ago	Latest Commit	3 months ago
Go	Language	Go
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	MIT License

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gotest.tools

Posts with mentions or reviews of gotest.tools. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-20.

How do you do DB preparation in e2e tests?
3 projects | /r/golang | 20 Oct 2022

Assertion libraries that people seem to love: - testify (my favorite) - go-cmp is a more barebones library - gotest.tools -- I have never used this but some swear by it
Avoiding Changing Package Interfaces for Tests in Go
1 project | /r/golang | 1 May 2022

I've written a bit about both of these approaches in the gotest.tools wiki.

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 gotest.tools and is you can also consider the following projects:

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

ginkgo - A Modern Testing Framework for Go

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

go-cmp - Package for comparing Go values in tests

GoAws - AWS (SQS/SNS) Clone for Development testing

gotestsum - 'go test' runner with output optimized for humans, JUnit XML for CI integration, and a summary of the test results.

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 💻

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

goblin - Minimal and Beautiful Go testing framework

godog - Cucumber for golang