Climbing the testing pyramid of microservices

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Climbing the microservice testing pyramidÁdám Sándor

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http://www.container-solutions.com



Microservices

WEB

API

API

API A

PI

API




The testing pyramid

E2E

Microservice

Unit




• Test code in isolation

E2E

Microservice

Unit

Unit tests




• Independent process

• HTTP (Rest?) API

• Loadbalanced? Autoscaled?E2E

Microservice

Unit

Microservice tests




E2E

Microservice

Unit

E2E tests




E2E tests

WEB

API

API

API A

PI

API




Pitfall #1

• Extending manual tools to automate tests

• E.g. SoapUI

• Week abstraction possibilities

• No code reuse




Pitfall #2

• Services have easily accessible APIs

WEB

API

API

API A

PI

API

Test1

Test2




Abstract It!• Internal details hidden

• Exposed API easy to use and expressive

WEB

API

API

API A

PI

API

Test Framewor

Test1

Test2




Is this BDD?

• Yes

• Can be done using pure Java or special language e.g. Cucumber













Containers & Microservices

- (easily!) built from golden images- small image footprint- can run on local env- dynamic orchestration makes it easy to

create new environments




Containers & Testing

- Ad-hoc environments- Single-use environments




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Thank you!

Ádám Sándor Senior Engineer @

Container Solutions

@adamsand0r



Climbing the testing pyramid of microservices

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