ByteByteGo·1yEP151: 24 Good Resources to Learn Software Architecture in 2025
ByteByteGo Newsletter shares 24 valuable resources for learning software architecture in 2025, including books, tech blogs, YouTube channels, and whitepapers. It also compares API styles (SOAP vs REST vs GraphQL vs RPC) and AWS services (SQS vs SNS vs EventBridge vs Kinesis). Additionally, it outlines methods to enhance API performance and introduces Grok-3, a powerful AI developed by xAI.
Golang Weekly·1yGolang Weekly Issue 543: February 26, 2025
Go 1.24 introduces a new package for testing concurrent code and enhances Go's WebAssembly capabilities with the ability to export functions to Wasm. The release also includes guidance on managing tool dependencies and introduces a native WebP image support library.
Software Testing Magazine·1y.NET Testing Best Practices
ASP.NET Core emphasizes testability, utilizing the xUnit framework for testing. xUnit.net, an open source tool authored by the creator of NUnit v2, supports unit testing across various .NET languages. It integrates seamlessly with command line tools, Visual Studio, and other development environments. The presentation demonstrates how to incorporate tests into an ASP.NET Core project and simplify dependencies.
freeCodeCamp·1yHow to Use FakeLogger to Make Testing Easier In .Net
This post explains how to simplify testing logging functionality in .NET using the new FakeLogger feature available from .NET 8 upwards. It covers the challenges of mocking ILogger, the steps for setting up and using FakeLogger, and the benefits of combining it with FluentAssertions for clearer and more maintainable tests. The post includes examples and detailed explanations to help developers efficiently verify log messages in their unit tests.
Laravel News·1yLaravel News
Profanify is a PestPHP plugin designed to detect and flag instances of profanity within your application. Installable via Composer, it allows customization of phrases to test for profanity and exceptions to ignore certain phrases. Profanify supports several languages, including English, Italian, Arabic, and Portuguese. Contribution to the project is encouraged and facilitated through GitHub.
Aaron Francis·1yI built a CLI automation tool in PHP (yes really)
A developer describes their process of creating a command line interface (CLI) automation tool using PHP. The tool sends key presses to the CLI and makes assertions to test the user interface. This integration testing approach ensures a smooth user experience by verifying that UI elements behave as expected. Detailed explanations and code snippets illustrate the setup and execution of the testing framework. The entire project is open source and available for public use.
DEV·1yThis Is Why We Don't Test Private Methods
Testing private methods in unit testing can break encapsulation as these methods are meant to be accessed only within the class they belong to. Instead of exposing these methods for testing, it's better to test the observable behavior through public methods. Private methods impact the internal state or public method outputs, which should be tested instead of the private methods themselves.
