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Design and Build a JSON API in Go That Stays Maintainable
Build a JSON API in Go from a written contract: standard routing, one error format, strict decoding, validation, cursor paging, PATCH, auth and tests.
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Templ Testing Components With Golden HTML Files in Go
Test templ components with golden HTML files and an update flag, add structural checks that parse the output with x/net/html, and read a failure message.
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Test Middleware Chains in Go From Request to Response
Test Go middleware one piece at a time with a spy handler, then test the whole chain for order, short circuits, panics, headers and context values.
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Test HTTP Handlers in Go Without Starting a Real Server
Call handlers directly with httptest.NewRecorder and NewRequest, set path values by hand, fake the store behind them, and assert on status, headers and JSON.
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Mock HTTP Servers in Go Tests With the httptest Package
Use httptest.NewServer to stand in for an upstream API in Go tests: scripted responses, slow servers for timeouts, TLS servers and request recording.
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