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Introduction to Hoverfly in Java 1. Overview In this article, we’ll have a look at the Hoverfly Java library – which provides an easy way of creating real API stubs/simulations. 2. Maven Dependencies To use Hoverfly, we need to add a single Maven dependency: <dependency> <groupId>io.specto</groupId> <artifactId>hoverfly-java</artifactId> <version>0.8.1</version> </dependency> The… Continue Reading hoverfly
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Optimizing Spring Integration Tests 1. Introduction In this article, we’ll have a holistic discussion about integration tests using Spring and how to optimize them. First, we’ll briefly discuss the importance of integration tests and their place in modern Software focusing on the Spring ecosystem. Later, we’ll cover multiple scenarios, focusing… Continue Reading spring-tests
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Intro to Performance Testing using JMeter 1. Overview In this article, we’re going to use Apache JMeter to configure and run performance tests. 2. Setting up JMeter Let’s download JMeter, unzip it, go to the bin folder and run the executable (*.bat for Windows and *.sh for Linux/Unix). Next, we… Continue Reading jmeter
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Introduction to WireMock 1. Overview WireMock is a library for stubbing and mocking web services. It constructs a HTTP server that we could connect to as we would to an actual web service. When a WireMock server is in action, we can set up expectations, call the service, and then… Continue Reading introduction-to-wiremock
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Test a REST API with Java 1. Overview This tutorial focuses on the basic principles and mechanics of testing a REST API with live Integration Tests (with a JSON payload). ##The main goal is to provide an introduction to testing the basic correctness of the API – and we’re going… Continue Reading integration-testing-a-rest-api
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DB Integration Tests with Spring Boot and Testcontainers 1. Overview Spring Data JPA provides an easy way to create database queries and test them with an embedded H2 database. But in some cases, testing on a real database is much more profitable, especially if we use provider-dependent queries. In this tutorial,… Continue Reading spring-boot-testcontainers-integration-test
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Consumer Driven Contracts with Pact 1. Overview In this quick article, we’ll be looking at the concept of Consumer-Driven Contracts. We’ll be testing integration with an external REST service through a contract that we define using the Pact library. That contract can be defined by the client, then picked up… Continue Reading pact-junit-consumer-driven-contracts
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Cucumber Spring Integration 1. Overview Cucumber is a very powerful testing framework written in the Ruby programming language, which follows the BDD (behavior-driven development) methodology. Its intent is to enable developers to write high-level use cases in plain text that can be verified by non-technical stakeholders, and turn them into… Continue Reading cucumber-spring-integration
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Exclude Auto-Configuration Classes in Spring Boot Tests 1. Overview In this quick tutorial, we’ll discuss how to exclude auto-configuration classes from Spring Boot tests. Spring Boot’s auto-configuration feature is very handy, as it takes care of a lot of setup for us. However, this can also be an issue during… Continue Reading spring-boot-exclude-auto-configuration-test
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Serenity BDD and Screenplay 1. Overview In this article, we’ll have a quick look at the Screenplay Pattern in Serenity BDD. We suggest you read the basics of Serenity BDD first before reading this one. Also, the article on Serenity BDD integration with Spring might also be interesting. Screenplay, introduced… Continue Reading serenity-screenplay
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