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Aleksei Aleinikov
Aleksei Aleinikov

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πŸ” Break Cyclic Imports in Go Tests β€” 2025 Edition

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

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

πŸ§ͺ Better structure β†’ better tests β†’ safer deploys
πŸ“Ž Full article β†’ https://levelup.gitconnected.com/break-the-dependency-loop-go-testing-tactics-for-2025-21e900f33be1

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