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Aleksei Aleinikov
Aleksei Aleinikov

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๐Ÿ” Break Cyclic Imports in Go Tests โ€” 2025 Edition

Go blocks circular imports. Your test setup shouldn't suffer for it.

โœ… Use _test packages to decouple helpers
โœ… Extract interfaces into shared packages
โœ… Test real DBs with containers โ€” not mocks
โœ… Write tiny tests first to build coverage momentum

๐Ÿงช Better structure โ†’ better tests โ†’ safer deploys
๐Ÿ“Ž Full article โ†’ https://levelup.gitconnected.com/break-the-dependency-loop-go-testing-tactics-for-2025-21e900f33be1

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