LESSON 12: Is mint function necessary if we have a fixed initial supply?

[DorianDaSilva]

I am writing a mint function into "ManualToken.sol``` but I am having trouble writing the tests for it manually. Tests described in openzeppelin refer back to multiple other contracts that do not transpose to this simple minting function.

I was wondering if it is necessary to include a mint function into the token contract when its total supply is equal to initial supply (Does initial supply gets minted when deploying contract?)

below is the standard mint function

MINT FUNCTION

    function mint(address _to, uint256 _amount) public onlyOwner {
        require(_to != address(0), "ERR: Mint to Genesis account");
        balanceOf[_to] += _amount;
        totalSupply += _amount;
        emit Transfer(address(0), owner, _amount);
        emit Transfer(owner, _to, _amount);
    }

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I would appreciate if any of the more exprienced devs here could help me come up with a few simple test fro both mint and burn functions without having to import openzeppelin contracts.

Thank you!