https://stafura.dev/tags/testing/ Recent content in Testing on Matus Stafura Hugo en-US Sat, 25 Oct 2025 12:55:12 +0200 https://stafura.dev/bash-script-testing-with-bats/ Sat, 25 Oct 2025 12:55:12 +0200 https://stafura.dev/bash-script-testing-with-bats/ <p>One of the pillars of programming is testing the code. Most of the time, I wrote simple bash scripts without tests(bruh, but why waste time writing tests for couple of lines, right?).</p> <p>But recently I started developing a Go app with bash support, so it&rsquo;s time to explore testing suites for bash.</p> <p> <picture> <source srcset="https://stafura.dev/images/blog/aa4xi5.webp" type="image/webp"> <img src="https://stafura.dev/images/blog/aa4xi5.jpg" alt="Bats Logo" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="623" height="401" /> </picture> </p> <p>I found BATS (Bash Automated Testing System) and I think I don&rsquo;t need to look further. It is simple to understand, with support for assertions, custom helpers, and more.</p>