Go Unit Testing

package PIDControl

import "testing"

func TestProportionalGain(t *testing.T) {
  regulator := PID(1.0, 0.0, 0.0)
  regulator.setpoint(1.0);

  regulator.update(0.1, 0.0); // time, state
  output := regulator.getOutput();
  
  if regulator.getOutput() != 1.0 {
    t.Errorf("P control failed, expected: %f, result: %f", 
             1.0, output)
  }
}

go test          # Run all tests in this package
go test -v       # Run all tests with verbose output
go test -run=Pro   # Run tests which contain `Pro`
go test -count=5 # Repeat tests 5 times
go test -count=1 # Does not use cached results

Test Functions

Are declared with Test prefixed to the name and takes an argument of type *testing.T

func TestDoSomething(t *testing.T) { //...

To make a test fail, we can use Errorf or Fatalf:

if expected != result {
  t.Errorf("Failed %f != %f", expected, result)
}

if expected != result {
  t.Fatalf("Failed %f != %f", expected, result)
}

• Errorf will continue to execute the remainder of the test body after failure
• Fatalf terminates the test case immediately on failure

Integration-ish Tests

The -short flag can be used to only run essential unit tests for development. The tests which should be skipped need to be marked as follow:

func TestIntegration(t *testing.T) {
	if testing.Short() {
		t.Skip("skipping test in short mode.")
	}
	// Do lots of things
}

To skip TestIntegration call:

go test -short

Setup/Teardown

To create a series of tests with common Setup/Teardown, use Subtests:

func TestMotorControl(t *testing.T) {
    // <setup code>
    t.Run("Forward", func(t *testing.T) { ... })
    t.Run("Backward", func(t *testing.T) { ... })
    // <tear-down code>
}

The effective test names of these subtests will be:

• MotorControl/Forward
• MotorControl/Backward

Benchmarking

To check the performance of a function, can use Benchmarking:

func BenchmarkEncode(b *testing.B) {
    for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
        packet.Encode()
    }
}

To run all benchmarks:

go test -bench .

Otherwise, the input argument is a (loose) regex:

go test -bench Name