A Better Approach for Testing Microservices — Test Kits in Practice
Microservices architectures introduce unique testing challenges. Traditional E2E tests are slow, flaky, and hard to maintain, while unit tests alone can’t verify that services integrate correctly. This talk introduces test kits — a practical pattern for testing microservices that gives teams higher confidence with less overhead.
What You’ll Learn # Why traditional testing strategies fall short in microservices What test kits are and how they bridge the gap between unit and E2E tests How to create a test kit that covers your microservice’s contract Practical patterns for achieving higher confidence in service integration Presented At # Devoxx Belgium 2018 — Antwerp, Belgium