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Samantha Coyle
Samantha Coyle
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Samantha Coyle

Samantha Coyle, a Software Engineer at Diagrid, specializes in Go for cloud-native developer tooling, abstracting application development challenges. Committed to Open Source, she contributes to projects like Dapr and Testcontainers. She boasts a rich history in retail computer vision solutions and successfully stabilized industrial edge use cases with testing and diverse deployments for biopharma data pipelines. Her expertise extends to being CKAD certified and reviewing Go textbooks. She is passionate about empowering early-career, diverse professionals. Samantha is in a family of gophers, and enjoys GopherCon with her brother and identical twin sister. She's a seasoned speaker, having presented at various conferences, including GopherCon.
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E2E tests

In Go, E2E tests are vital for assessing the system as a whole. Unlike unit tests, which focus on isolated units of code, or integration tests, which might check that certain components cooperate as expected, E2E tests exercise the entire system, simulating real user scenarios. These tests are good for catching issues that may arise from the integration of various components, ensuring the overall functionality of your application.

The purpose of E2E tests is to validate that the entire application, including its user interface, APIs, and underlying services, behaves as intended. These tests mimic the actions of a user interacting with the system, covering multiple layers and components. By testing the complete flow of an application, E2E tests help identify integration issues across the system, configuration problems, or unexpected behaviors that may arise in a real-world environment.

E2E tests have several distinctive characteristics:

  • Realistic scenarios: E2E...
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Samantha Coyle

Samantha Coyle, a Software Engineer at Diagrid, specializes in Go for cloud-native developer tooling, abstracting application development challenges. Committed to Open Source, she contributes to projects like Dapr and Testcontainers. She boasts a rich history in retail computer vision solutions and successfully stabilized industrial edge use cases with testing and diverse deployments for biopharma data pipelines. Her expertise extends to being CKAD certified and reviewing Go textbooks. She is passionate about empowering early-career, diverse professionals. Samantha is in a family of gophers, and enjoys GopherCon with her brother and identical twin sister. She's a seasoned speaker, having presented at various conferences, including GopherCon.
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