Creating the To-Do Test File
Explore how to write comprehensive tests for a to-do API in Go by creating a separate test file. Learn to use temporary files and testing functions to validate adding, completing, deleting, saving, and loading tasks, ensuring your command-line tool works reliably.
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The code for the to-do API is complete. Let’s write some tests to ensure it’s working properly.
Creating the todo_test.go file
Let’s start by adding the package definition to a new file named todo_test.go:
In general, all files in the same directory must belong to the same Go package.
An exception to this rule is when writing tests. We can define a different
package for our tests to access only the exported types, variables, and
functions from the package we’re testing. This is a common practice when
testing libraries because it ensures the tests ...