It Should Be Tested.

The library implements a human-friendly syntax for assertions to validates correctness of your code. It's style allows to write BDD-like specifications: "X should Y", "A equals to B", etc.

Inspiration

There is a vision that change of code style in testing helps developers to "switch gears". It's sole purpose to write unit tests assertions in natural language. The library is inspired by features of ScalaTest and tries to adapt similar syntax for Golang.

It Should /* actual */ Be /* expected */

It Should X Equal Y
It Should X Less Y
It Should String X Contain Y
It Should Seq X Equal Y¹, ... Yⁿ

The approximation of the style into Golang syntax:

it.Then(t).
  Should(it.Equal(x, y)).
  Should(it.Less(x, y)).
  Should(it.String(x).Contain(y)).
  Should(it.Seq(x).Equal(/* ... */))

Getting Started

• It Should Be Tested.
  • Inspiration
  • Getting Started
    • Style
    • Assertions
    • Intercepts
    • Equality and identity
    • Ordering
    • String matchers
    • Slices and Sequence matchers
    • Map matchers
  • How To Contribute
    • commit message
    • bugs
  • License

The latest version of the library is available at its main branch. All development, including new features and bug fixes, take place on the main branch using forking and pull requests as described in contribution guidelines. The stable version is available via Golang modules.

1. Use go get to retrieve the library and add it as dependency to your application.

go get -u github.com/fogfish/it

2. Import it in your unit tests

import (
  "github.com/fogfish/it"
)

See the go doc for api spec.

Style

The coding style is like standard Golang unit tests but assert are written as a chain of asserts in a specification style: "X should Y," "A must B," etc.

func TestMyFeature(t *testing.T) {
  /* Given */
  /*  ...  */

  /* When  */
  /*  ...  */

  it.Then(t).
    Should(/* X Equal Y */).
    Should(/* String X Contain Y */)
}

The library support 3 imperative keyword Must, Should and May as defined by RFC 2119. Its prohibition variants MustNot, ShouldNot and May.

Use the Skip imperative keyword to ignore the assert and its result.

Assertions

A first order logic expression asserts the result of unit test.

it.Then(t).
  // Inline logical predicates
  Should(it.True(x == y && x > 10)).
  // Use closed function
  Should(it.Be(func() bool { return x == y && x > 10})).
  // X should be same type as Y
  Should(it.SameAs(x, y)).
  // X should be nil
  Should(it.Nil(x))

Intercepts

Intercept any failures in target code block. Intercepts supports actual panics and function that return of errors.

func fWithPanic() {/* ... */}
func fWithError() error {/* ... */}

it.Then(t).
  // Intercept panic in the code block
  Should(it.Fail(fWithPanic)).
  // Intercept error in the code block
  Should(it.Fail(fWithError)).

Assert error for behavior to check the "type" of returned error

var err interface { Timeout() }

it.Then(t).
  // Intercept panic in the code block and assert for behavior
  Should(it.Fail(fWithPanic).With(&err)).
  Should(it.Fail(fWithError).With(&err)).
  //  Intercept panic in the code block and match the error code
  Should(it.Fail(fWithError).Contain("error code"))

The it.Fail interceptor evaluates code block inside and it is limited to function that return single value. The it.Error interceptor captures returns of function.

func fNaryError() (string, error) {/* ... */}

it.Then(t).
  Should(it.Error(fNaryError())).
  Should(it.Error(fNaryError()).With(&err)).
  Should(it.Error(fNaryError()).Contain("error code"))

Equality and identity

Match unit test results with equality constraint.

it.Then(t).
  // X should be equal Y
  Should(it.Equal(x, y))

Ordering

Compare unit test results with ordering constraint.

it.Then(t).
  // X should be less than Y
  Should(it.Less(x, y)).
  // X should be less or equal to Y
  Should(it.LessOrEqual(x, y)).
  // X should be greater than Y
  Should(it.Greater(x, y)).
  // X should be greater or equal to Y
  Should(it.GreaterOrEqual(x, y)) 

String matchers

it.Then(t).
  // String X should have prefix X
  Should(it.String(x).HavePrefix(y)).
  // String X should have suffix X
  Should(it.String(x).HaveSuffix(y)).
  // String X should contain X
  Should(it.String(x).Contain(y)).

Slices and Sequence matchers

it.Then(t).
  // Seq X should be empty
  Should(it.Seq(x).BeEmpty(y)).
  // Seq X should equal Y¹, ... Yⁿ
  Should(it.Seq(x).Equal(y1, ..., yn))
  // Seq X should contain Y
  Should(it.Seq(x).Contain(y1, ..., yn))
  // Seq X should contain one of Y
  Should(it.Seq(x).Contain().OneOf(y1, ..., yn)).
  // Seq X should contain all of Y
  Should(it.Seq(x).Contain().AllOf(y1, ..., yn))

Map matchers

it.Then(t).
  // Map X should have key K with value Y
  Should(it.Map(X).Have(k, y)) 

How To Contribute

The library is MIT licensed and accepts contributions via GitHub pull requests:

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

The build and testing process requires Go version 1.13 or later.

Build and run service in your development console. The following command boots Erlang virtual machine and opens Erlang shell.

git clone https://github.com/fogfish/gurl
cd gurl
go test -cover

commit message

The commit message helps us to write a good release note, speed-up review process. The message should address two question what changed and why. The project follows the template defined by chapter Contributing to a Project of Git book.

bugs

If you experience any issues with the library, please let us know via GitHub issues. We appreciate detailed and accurate reports that help us to identity and replicate the issue.

License