JUnit vs go test/testing comparison of testing frameworks
What are the differences between JUnit and go test/testing?

	JUnit https://junit.org/junit5/	go test/testing https://golang.org/pkg/testing/
Programming language	Java	Go
Category	Unit Testing, Regression Testing	Unit Testing
General info	JUnit is an open source Unit testing framework for java JUnit is useful for developers to write and run repeatable tests. JUnit has been crucial in the development of test driven development and is partof the xUnit family of unit testing frameworks	go test is an inbuilt tool/command for conducting automated tests in Golang while testing is the inbuilt testing library Testing is the package that is shipped with go and combines with the go test command to provide a minimal but complete testing experience
xUnit Set of frameworks originating from SUnit (Smalltalk's testing framework). They share similar structure and functionality.	Yes It is an instance of the xUnit architecture for unit testing frameworks.	No However there are Plugins such as https://github.com/tebeka/go2xunitto convert the output of Go testing library into xUnit format
Client-side Allows testing code execution on the client, such as a web browser	Yes You can test front-end components such as individual classes and functions that create the front-end	Yes Yes it can be used effectively for front-end testing
Server-side Allows testing the bahovior of a server-side code	Yes You can test classes and functions that compose the back-end such as database connections and so on	Yes Yes, it is used by developers for end-to-end testing so the back-end can be tested easily as well
Fixtures Allows defining a fixed, specific states of data (fixtures) that are test-local. This ensures specific environment for a single test	Yes JUnit contains a setUp() method, which runs before every test invocation and a tearDown() method, which runs after every test method.	Yes Yes it's straightforward in that first when you run 'go test' for packages in the scope the test will be executed with its working directory set to the source directory of the package being tested. Second the 'go test' tool will ignore any directory in your $GOPATH that starts with the word 'testdata' , starts with a period or an underscore
Group fixtures Allows defining a fixed, specific states of data for a group of tests (group-fixtures). This ensures specific environment for a given group of tests.	Yes You can use setUp() and tearDown() inbuilt functions as group fixtures.	Yes Group fixtures can be done following a similar procedure as a single fixture
Generators Supports data generators for tests. Data generators generate input data for test. The test is then run for each input data produced in this way.	You can use JUnit-quickcheck to generate test data	Yes They are available by importing a package called 'gotests' (https://github.com/cweill/gotests)
Licence Licence type governing the use and redistribution of the software		MIT License
Mocks Mocks are objects that simulate the behavior of real objects. Using mocks allows testing some part of the code in isolation (with other parts mocked when needed)	JUnit does not support mocking internally but you can use a mock framework like Mockito to generate mock objects.	Yes By use of a third party library GoMock which intergrates well with the testing library
Grouping Allows organizing tests in groups	Yes In JUnit you can create a test suite that bundles a few unit test cases and runs them together. You use both @RunWith and @Suite annotation are used to run the suite test.	Yes The short answer is yes, by use of table tests which are a great way of performing multiple I/O tests on a function or behaviour with minimal code
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