Testify VS gomega

Compare Testify vs gomega and see what are their differences.

Testify

A toolkit with common assertions and mocks that plays nicely with the standard library (by stretchr)
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Testify gomega
64 6
21,981 2,072
1.5% -
8.6 8.2
6 days ago 18 days ago
Go Go
MIT License MIT License
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Testify

Posts with mentions or reviews of Testify. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-01.
  • What 3rd-party libraries do you use often/all the time?
    7 projects | /r/golang | 1 Dec 2023
    github.com/stretchr/testify
  • Testing calls to Daily's REST API in Go
    2 projects | dev.to | 8 Sep 2023
    I then verify that there are no issues with writing the body with require.NoError() from the testify toolkit. This will ensure the test fails if something happens to go wrong at this point.
  • Gopher Pythonista #1: Moving From Python To Go
    3 projects | dev.to | 27 Jul 2023
    For testing purposes, Go provides a go test command that automatically discovers tests within your application and supports features such as caching and code coverage. However, if you require more advanced testing capabilities such as suites or mocking, you will need to install a toolkit like testify. Overall, while Go provides a highly effective testing experience, it's worth noting that writing tests in Python using pytest is arguably one of the most enjoyable testing experiences I have encountered across all programming languages.
  • Why elixir over Golang
    10 projects | /r/elixir | 29 May 2023
  • How to start a Go project in 2023
    21 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 May 2023
    Things I can't live without in a new Go project in no particular order:

    - https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint - meta-linter

    - https://goreleaser.com - automate release workflows

    - https://magefile.org - build tool that can version your tools

    - https://github.com/ory/dockertest/v3 - run containers for e2e testing

    - https://github.com/ecordell/optgen - generate functional options

    - https://golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer - generate String()

    - https://mvdan.cc/gofumpt - stricter gofmt

    - https://github.com/stretchr/testify - test assertion library

    - https://github.com/rs/zerolog - logging

    - https://github.com/spf13/cobra - CLI framework

    FWIW, I just lifted all the tools we use for https://github.com/authzed/spicedb

    We've also written some custom linters that might be useful for other folks: https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/tree/main/tools/analyzers

  • Do you wrap testing libraries?
    1 project | /r/golang | 16 May 2023
    Im thinking in wrap or not the library https://github.com/stretchr/testify to do my tests.
  • [Go] How to unit test for exception handling?
    1 project | /r/learnprogramming | 19 Apr 2023
    Are you limited to the std lib, or can you use testify? You can require things like require.Error()
  • Tools besides Go for a newbie
    36 projects | /r/golang | 26 Mar 2023
    IDE: use whatever make you productive. I personally use vscode. VCS: git, as golang communities use github heavily as base for many libraries. AFAIK Linter: use staticcheck for linting as it looks like mostly used linting tool in go, supported by many also. In Vscode it will be recommended once you install go plugin. Libraries/Framework: actually the standard libraries already included many things you need, decent enough for your day-to-day development cycles(e.g. `net/http`). But here are things for extra: - Struct fields validator: validator - Http server lib: chi router , httprouter , fasthttp (for non standard http implementations, but fast) - Web Framework: echo , gin , fiber , beego , etc - Http client lib: most already covered by stdlib(net/http), so you rarely need extra lib for this, but if you really need some are: resty - CLI: cobra - Config: godotenv , viper - DB Drivers: sqlx , postgre , sqlite , mysql - nosql: redis , mongodb , elasticsearch - ORM: gorm , entgo , sqlc(codegen) - JS Transpiler: gopherjs - GUI: fyne - grpc: grpc - logging: zerolog - test: testify , gomock , dockertest - and many others you can find here
  • Is gomock still maintained and recommended?
    7 projects | /r/golang | 6 Mar 2023
    To answer OP directly, I am largely quite happy with mockery (and testify) to write expressive tests.
  • Golang, GraphQL y Postgress
    2 projects | /r/devsarg | 26 Jan 2023
    Como herramientas te recomiendo: FastJson https://github.com/valyala/fastjson : Si necesitas leer jsons Testify https://github.com/stretchr/testify : Para mockear y testear

gomega

Posts with mentions or reviews of gomega. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-07.
  • Writing tests for a Kubernetes Operator
    3 projects | dev.to | 7 Oct 2023
    Gomega: is a test assertion library, a vital dependency on Ginkgo.
  • Quick tip: Easy test assertions with Go generics
    1 project | /r/golang | 3 Apr 2022
  • Learning Go by examples: part 6 - Create a gRPC app in Go
    7 projects | dev.to | 18 Aug 2021
    Gomega is a Go library that allows you to make assertions. In our example, we check if what we got is null, not null, or equal to an exact value, but the gomega library is much richer than that.
  • Tips to prevent adoption of your API
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Jun 2021
    Depends on the API and how much testing you need. You want to test your code, not the API's availability or correctness.

    But it can be as easy as using a fake http library and mocking the responses, or using a httptest server: https://onsi.github.io/gomega/#ghttp-testing-http-clients

    If the API is complicated and you have to write your own fake server, that might not make sense for small projects.

  • fluentassert - a prototype of yet another assertion library
    7 projects | /r/golang | 28 Mar 2021
  • Go generics beyond the playground
    6 projects | dev.to | 25 Mar 2021
    If we do the count, we gather that subtest appear to solve five out of the six problems we identified with the assert library. At this point though, it's important to note that at the time when the assert package was designed, the sub-test feature in Go did not yet exist. Therefore it would have been impossible for that library to embed it into it's design. This is also true for when Gomega and Ginko where designed. If these test frameworks where created now, then most likely some parts of their design would have been done differently. What I am trying to say is that with even the slightest change in the Go language and standard library, completely new ways of designing programs become possible. Especially for new packages without any legacy use-cases to consider. And this brings us to generics.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Testify and gomega you can also consider the following projects:

ginkgo - A Modern Testing Framework for Go

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

godog - Cucumber for golang

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

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

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

goblin - Minimal and Beautiful Go testing framework

go-cmp - Package for comparing Go values in tests

gocheck - Rich testing for the Go language