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testing-rest-api-with-multiple-media-types

Testing REST with multiple MIME types 1. Overview This article will focus on testing a REST Service with multiple Media Types/representations. We will write integration tests capable of switching between the multiple types of Representations supported by the API. The goal is to be able to run the exact same… Continue Reading testing-rest-api-with-multiple-media-types

Posted on: 2019-10-08 2019-11-19
Author: getdocs
Tags: REST, Spring, Testing
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jukito

Introduction to Jukito 1. Overview Jukito is the combined power of JUnit, Guice, and Mockito – used for simplifying testing of multiple implementations of the same interface. In this article we’re going to see how authors managed to combine those three libraries to help us reduce a lot of boilerplate… Continue Reading jukito

mockmvc-kotlin-dsl

MockMvc Kotlin DSL 1. Overview In this quick tutorial, we’ll have a look at the new Kotlin-specific MockMvc support available in Spring Framework 5.2+. Note: as version 5.2 is not GA yet, we need to use the Spring Milestone repository. 2. The Controller to Test Let’s set up the controller… Continue Reading mockmvc-kotlin-dsl

kotlin-mockk

MockK: A Mocking Library for Kotlin 1. Overview In this tutorial, we’re going to take a look at some of the basic features of the MockK library. 2. MockK In Kotlin, all classes and methods are final. While this helps us write immutable code, it also causes some problems during testing.… Continue Reading kotlin-mockk

java-faker

A Guide to JavaFaker 1. Overview JavaFaker is a library that can be used to generate a wide array of real-looking data from addresses to popular culture references. In this tutorial, we’ll be looking at how to use JavaFaker’s classes to generate fake data. We’ll start by introducing the Faker… Continue Reading java-faker

junit-5-preview

The Basics of JUnit 5 – A Preview Testing JUnit JUnit 5 1. Overview JUnit is one of the most popular unit testing frameworks for Java, so it is a big deal in the developer community when new major versions come out. An alpha version of JUnit 5 was released… Continue Reading junit-5-preview

testing-the-java-service-layer

Avoid brittle tests for the Service layer Spring Testing Table of Contents 1. Overview 2. The Layers 3. Motivation and blurring the lines of the unit test 4. Conclusion 1. Overview There are many ways to test the Service Layer of an application. The goal of this article is to… Continue Reading testing-the-java-service-layer

Posted on: 2019-10-08 2019-10-08
Author: getdocs
Tags: Spring, Testing
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awaitlity-testing

Introduction to Awaitlity 1. Introduction A common problem with asynchronous systems is that it’s hard to write readable tests for them that are focused on business logic and are not polluted with synchronizations, timeouts, and concurrency control. In this article, we are going to take a look at Awaitility —… Continue Reading awaitlity-testing

spring-testing-separate-data-source

Configuring Separate Spring DataSource for Tests 1. Overview When testing a Spring application that relies on a persistence layer, such as JPA, we may want to set up a test data source to use a smaller, faster database – one that is different from the one we use to run… Continue Reading spring-testing-separate-data-source

Posted on: 2019-10-08 2019-11-19
Author: getdocs
Tags: Spring Data, Testing
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spring-rest-docs

Introduction to Spring REST Docs 1. Overview Spring REST Docs generates documentation for RESTful services that is both accurate and readable. It combines hand-written documentation with auto-generated document snippets produced with Spring tests. 2. Advantages One major philosophy behind the project is the use of tests to produce the documentation.… Continue Reading spring-rest-docs