mockhttp
Mock object for Go http.ResponseWriter (by tv42)
counterfeiter
A tool for generating self-contained, type-safe test doubles in go (by maxbrunsfeld)
| mockhttp | counterfeiter | |
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| - | 14 | |
| 23 | 1,134 | |
| - | 0.5% | |
| 0.0 | 7.1 | |
| over 11 years ago | 5 days ago | |
| Go | Go | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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mockhttp
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counterfeiter
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Experiencia profesional de testing en Golang
Counterfeiter genera mocks automáticamente desde interfaces:
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Professional Testing Experience in Golang
Counterfeiter automatically generates mocks from interfaces:
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Mocking database calls without a library?
then just replace whole function, don't generate manually the mock '__') or it would get out of hand fast, you can just use codegen that static typed like https://github.com/maxbrunsfeld/counterfeiter
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Is this a good way to make sure that a mocked function is called inside the Unit Test?
Yes, that's a good way to do that; there are a lot of packages that allow you to mock and spy the calls if you're looking for one that generates the code for you I can recommend counterfeiter, I also have a short blog that covers it.
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Libraries you use most of your projects?
I prefer https://github.com/maxbrunsfeld/counterfeiter
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How do you write/generate mocks for testing?
counterfeiter is another tool, it creates mocks, stubs and spies; here is a short blog I wrote covering it.
- Mocking Interfaces in Go with GoMock
- What's the best approach for mocking a function /method?
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Best/Easiest Rest Framework
for dependency injection I suggest you use https://github.com/maxbrunsfeld/counterfeiter, but if you using really fast database (that can spawn fast using docker and has fast trx/sec) you can use it directly without dependency injection with https://github.com/ory/dockertest
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Migrating from NodeJS/Typescript into Golang. Any advise for big web application?
Agree with u/mmknightx there is a tool that assist in creating fake or mock classes for your interfaces https://github.com/maxbrunsfeld/counterfeiter
What are some alternatives?
When comparing mockhttp and counterfeiter you can also consider the following projects:
Mmock - Mmock is an HTTP mocking application for testing and fast prototyping
gomock - GoMock is a mocking framework for the Go programming language.
go-txdb - Immutable transaction isolated sql driver for golang
gock - HTTP traffic mocking and testing made easy in Go ༼ʘ̚ل͜ʘ̚༽
mockery - A mock code autogenerator for Go