Make the Go driver interface based so that it can be easily mocked for unitTests.
Provide interfaces for driver classes that can be used to mock the database for unit tests. Along the lines of what AWS does for its services:
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/mocking-out-then-aws-sdk-for-go-for-unit-testing/
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We're focusing on an effort to provide a better way to perform mock unit tests with the Go Driver. This effort is tracked here.