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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magic_numbers

no_magic_numbers

roman_numerals

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subtests

table_driven_tests

skip_by_flag

skip_by_condition

benchmarking

benchmarking_multiple_times

benchmarking_different_values

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acme_start

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blog

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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.

Learning Test-Driven Development with Go

# Magic numbers (and strings)
**Magic numbers** are literals scattered in the code that have no explicit meaning. They harm our code because they affect code management in the long run.
> **Note**: Magic numbers also refer to `strings`. They’re treated  the same way as magic numbers. To be consistent, we’re going to only use the term “magic numbers” for both of them for the rest of the course.  
  
Let’s look at a trivial example:

Learn what magic numbers are, what they look like, and how to eliminate them.

Magic Numbers

Introduction

Go: Fundamentals

Assessment: Basics of Go

Tests & TDD

Go & Tests

Assessment: Tests in Go

TDD Katas

A Simple TODO Application

Conclusion

Magic Numbers

Magic numbers (and strings)