From Source to Service
Testing Go services
Lesson 4 of 5
go test is built in — table-driven tests with t.Run subtests are the house style, httptest exercises real handlers, and coverage is one flag away.
What you'll learn
- Write table-driven tests with t.Run subtests — the idiomatic Go pattern
- Test HTTP handlers with httptest.NewRecorder and httptest.NewServer
- Measure coverage with go test -cover
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