Does it support the latest Go features?

Yes, it includes support for Go 1.18+ fuzzing, parallel subtests, and modern testing utilities like t.Cleanup and t.TempDir.

How does this skill help with Go testing?

It provides idiomatic patterns and templates for writing various types of Go tests, ensuring your code follows community best practices and TDD methodologies.

Can I use this for performance optimization?

Absolutely, it includes detailed patterns for benchmarking, sub-benchmarks, and analyzing memory allocations (allocs/op) in Go.

Does it cover web development testing?

Yes, it provides specific patterns for testing HTTP handlers and APIs using the standard library's net/http/httptest package.

Go Testing & TDD Patterns

Name: Go Testing & TDD Patterns
Author: unju-ai

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Security & Testing

Implements idiomatic Go testing patterns including table-driven tests, benchmarking, and fuzzing to ensure robust code quality.

This skill provides a comprehensive framework for Go testing, adhering to Test-Driven Development (TDD) methodologies and idiomatic Go practices. It guides developers through the Red-Green-Refactor cycle and offers ready-to-use patterns for table-driven tests, subtests, and parallel execution. Beyond basic unit testing, it covers advanced techniques such as performance benchmarking, memory allocation analysis, property-based fuzzing, and effective mocking using Go interfaces to build highly maintainable and reliable software.

Key Features

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02Modern Go fuzzing (1.18+) for automated edge-case discovery

03Practical HTTP handler and API testing using httptest

04Standardized table-driven test patterns for exhaustive input coverage

05Advanced performance benchmarking and memory allocation profiling

06Comprehensive TDD workflow guidance with Red-Green-Refactor cycles

Use Cases

01Validating external dependencies and APIs using interface-based mocking

02Increasing test coverage for complex Go microservices and business logic

03Optimizing performance-critical algorithms through systematic benchmarking

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add unju-ai/ecc golang-testing

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