Golang testing using docker services via dockertest

• Docker Compose

  387 32,367 9.6 Go

  Define and run multi-container applications with Docker

  

Whenever I am using a service backed by postgres, mongo, mysql or other services that are not part of my codebase, I generally create a docker-compose file so that my development environments are isolated. Then when I'm working in a particular project, all I have to do is docker-compose up -d to get going, and docker-compose down when I'm finished for the day.

• dockertest

  48 3,967 3.0 Go

  Write better integration tests! Dockertest helps you boot up ephermal docker images for your Go tests with minimal work.

  

During my path learning go so far I have come across some amazing libraries and utilites, one of my favourite for integration testing is dockertest.

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com sponsored

  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• go-dockertest-example

  1 0 3.9 Go

I created an example project here to show everything in action, but I will work through each step I took.

Suggest a related project