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Learning Test-Driven Development with Go

Gain insights into TDD with Go. Learn Go fundamentals, write test cases, explore TDD katas, and build a TODO app to master reliable application development practices.

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Test-driven development (TDD) is a software design technique based on tests that promotes an iterative way of writing software. This course will teach you to use TDD using Go—one of the most popular languages. In this course, you will first learn about the fundamentals of Go, including packages, standard library, and error handling. Then, you will go through a comprehensive guide on writing test cases using Go, including subtests, table-driven tests, skipping, benchmarking, fuzzing, dependency injection, and mocking in unit tests. Next, you will look at multiple TDD katas and learn about the best practices for making most of the TDD approach. Finally, you will build a TODO application by following the test-driven development approach. This application will be a REST API that exposes actions getting TODOs. After completing this course, you will have the skills needed to build reliable applications using the test-driven development approach.

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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Familiarity with core components of Go, including structs, interfaces, functions, and methods

Hands-on experience writing unit tests using Go

An understanding of TDD and its application in software development

The ability to write software using TDD with Go

Familiarity with core components of Go, including structs, interfaces, functions, and methods

TAKEAWAY SKILLS

Interfaces in Go

Object Oriented Programming

REST API

Unit Testing

Error Handling in Goroutines

Content

39 Lessons1 Project2 Assessments

Introduction

2 Lessons

Gain a foundational understanding of TDD with Go's principles, practices, and advantages.

Introduction to the Course

Go Features

Go: Fundamentals

6 Lessons

Walk through Go's basics, fmt package, standard library, I/O operations, and error handling.

Hello, World

Go Basics

Formatting with Package "fmt"

Standard Library

I/O Interactions with "io" and "os" Packages

Error Handling

Assessment: Basics of Go

Assessment

Tests & TDD

5 Lessons

Break apart tests, TDD, clean tests, code smells, and magic numbers for efficient development.

What Are Tests?

Test-Driven Development (aka. TDD)

Clean Tests

Code Smells

Magic Numbers

Go & Tests

14 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of writing tests, advanced testing features, and building robust web APIs in Go.

Write Your First Test

Tests in Go

Skipping and Testify Package

Benchmarking and Fuzzing

Roman Numerals: First Test

Roman Numerals: Add Test Cases

Roman Numerals: Refactor Tests

Composition with Structs

Interfaces in Go

Dependency Injection

Mocking in Unit Tests

Database Mocking

Building Web APIs in Go

Test Web API

Assessment: Tests in Go

Assessment

TDD Katas

11 Lessons

Solve problems in FizzBuzz and PassValidator katas using the Red-Green-Refactor TDD approach.

FizzBuzz Kata

FizzBuzz: Not-Divisible Requirement

FizzBuzz: "Fizz" Requirement

FizzBuzz: "Buzz" Requirement

FizzBuzz: "FizzBuzz" Requirement

PassValidator Kata

PassValidator: AtLeastTwoDigits Requirement

PassValidator: MultipleErrors Requirement

PassValidator: AtLeastACapitalLetter Requirement

PassValidator: NoSpecialCharacter Requirement

General TDD Guidelines

A Simple TODO Application

Project

Conclusion

1 Lessons

Focus on mastering TDD principles and practical applications with Go programming.

Conclusion

Certificate of Completion

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Course Author:

Ivan Pesenti

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