I didn't know that. That's the glaringly obvious thing that I was looking for that wasn't obvious to me!
Thank you! On Sunday, August 13, 2023 at 6:37:29 PM UTC+1 Sean Liao wrote: > you can compile a test binary with `go test -c` and execute it later > > - sean > > On Sun, Aug 13, 2023, 18:28 dave bronte <davebr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Forgive me for what might at first glance look like a provocative subject >> line - it's not meant to be. >> >> The team that I work in has been asked to develop a system that will test >> a web service. We won't have access to the source for the web service so >> we're going to need to test it in its deployed state. >> >> For a number of reasons, Go would probably be a first choice for the team >> but >> it's my understanding that if we use "go test" then the code will only >> get built as a precursor to running the tests. >> >> As I currently see it, this would mean we couldn't have the benefit of a >> CI build without also incurring the penalty of running a (potentially very >> slow) set of tests. >> >> Note that I'm not suggesting that we don't automate the running of the >> tests too, just that we'd like to decouple that from the check-in/build >> process. >> >> I may be missing something glaringly obvious to others but are Go and Go >> Test just the wrong tools for this problem? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "golang-nuts" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to golang-nuts...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/67481799-1f2c-47af-b242-446fe32d651bn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/67481799-1f2c-47af-b242-446fe32d651bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/92aa98e6-0fc4-43dc-9814-618a3b723629n%40googlegroups.com.
