Fake VS testfixtures

Compare Fake vs testfixtures and see what are their differences.

Fake

Fake data generator for Go (Golang) (by icrowley)

testfixtures

Ruby on Rails like test fixtures for Go. Write tests against a real database (by go-testfixtures)
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Fake testfixtures
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0.0 6.6
about 2 months ago 26 days ago
Go Go
MIT License MIT License
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Fake

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

testfixtures

Posts with mentions or reviews of testfixtures. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-27.
  • How to mock database calls
    4 projects | /r/golang | 27 Aug 2022
    I'm the author of https://github.com/go-testfixtures/testfixtures, a library written to make it easier to write tests with a real database and test data. You might want to use it together with docker-compose, for example.
  • Integration tests with Go and testcontainers
    6 projects | dev.to | 23 Jul 2022
    To solve the problem we will use testfixtures. Create a folders fixtures и fixtures/storage and put a file users.yaml inside:
  • Mocking database or use a test database
    5 projects | /r/golang | 18 Apr 2022
    A lot of good suggestions here, I would also take a look at go-testfixtures which allows you to create some simple yaml-based fixture data to use with unit testing. It's quick and easy, but yes can get unwieldy the more you add.
  • Ask HN: What are some tools / libraries you built yourself?
    264 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 May 2021
    I built an alternative to Make written in Go that is simpler to use and cross-platform: https://taskfile.dev/

    Also, a library to write tests with databases for Go: https://github.com/go-testfixtures/testfixtures

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Fake and testfixtures you can also consider the following projects:

Tavor - A generic fuzzing and delta-debugging framework

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

go-txdb - Immutable transaction isolated sql driver for golang

Hamcrest - Hamcrest matchers for the Go programming language

ginkgo - A Modern Testing Framework for Go

cdp - Package cdp provides type-safe bindings for the Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP), written in the Go programming language.

GoSpec - Testing framework for Go. Allows writing self-documenting tests/specifications, and executes them concurrently and safely isolated. [UNMAINTAINED]

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

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

gomock - GoMock is a mocking framework for the Go programming language.

dbcleaner - Clean database for testing, inspired by database_cleaner for Ruby