# quii/learn-go-with-tests

Learn Go with test-driven development

Repository: https://github.com/quii/learn-go-with-tests
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/learn-go-with-tests
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: tdd, golang, go, testing, test-driven-development
Last push: 2026-08-26T12:41:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 66, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3106, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 16, "gap_med": 193, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 23839, forks 2930 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:35.410134+00:00)

## What it is
A free, open-source book and code repository that teaches the Go programming language through test-driven development. It covers Go fundamentals, mocking, concurrency, and building real applications with a red-green-refactor workflow.

## Use cases
- learn go from scratch
- learn test-driven development in go
- practice writing unit tests in go
- understand mocking and dependency injection in go
- learn go concurrency through examples
- find a free go tutorial book

## When to choose
- you are new to Go and want a hands-on, test-first approach
- you know another language and want to pick up Go idioms with built-in testing
- you want to build a habit of TDD while learning a language

## When to avoid
- you need a Go reference manual rather than a guided tutorial
- you want to learn TDD in a language other than Go
- you need production-ready libraries or tooling rather than educational material

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: testing, developer-tools
- domain: tutorials, education, developer-tools, testing
- platform: go, cross-platform
- tags: tdd, test-driven-development, golang, book, gitbook

## Member repositories
- quii/learn-go-with-tests (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:35.410134+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:56:19.697853+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/quii/learn-go-with-tests (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:35.410134+00:00, sha 5fa630f797f1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.