Testing

[Holayn]

Contract Testing

Resources:

• https://pactflow.io/blog/what-is-contract-testing/
• https://pactflow.io/blog/why-contract-testing/?utm_source=ossdocs&utm_campaign=convince_me_what_is
  • https://developer.mastercard.com/blog/consumer-driven-contracts-to-the-rescue/

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• "Contract testing is a methodology for ensuring that two separate systems (such as two microservices) are compatible with one other. It captures the interactions that are exchanged between each service, storing them in a contract, which can then be used to verify that both parties adhere to it."
• The idea is that if you're making changes to the provider, it should pass all the contracts that are given by all the consumers
• If you're making changes to the consumer and you're making tests that produce contracts, if those contracts are invalid with the provider, then you're notified