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Microservices testing (API) #4

Closed Semerjyan closed 2 years ago

Semerjyan commented 2 years ago

Let's talk about how to automate testing microservices with and without APIs.

amuradyan commented 2 years ago

Microservices are a very broad and technical topic. Maybe you have a specific feature to be tested in mind?

I've never had experience with microservices /but will soon/, so I looked around for some reading material. I have not read all of what I found, but maybe you'll want to look through them too, so I'll leave a list below. NOTE though, that they may be of poor quality.

I'm also thinking we could try to setup and run a microservice system. I've found this, but did not try it out still. The whole process is technically colorful so will require quite some time and preparation.

Reading material

  1. Chapters 9 and 10 on testing microservices from the Microservices patterns book /looks good/
  2. Microservice testing /from Thoughtworks, should be good/
  3. Microservices Testing Strategies, Types & Tools: A Complete Guide /probably is not, wont rely on this too much/
  4. Testing Microservices: an Overview of 12 Useful Techniques Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 /from InfoQ, may be good/
Semerjyan commented 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing the information you found! In that case, let's not dive into microservices as part of our technical meetings. I think we can talk sometime in the future, when you already have experience with microservices, and I will review the materials you found.

May I suggest considering BDD as a new topic? What you think, should I open a new issue for BDD?

amuradyan commented 2 years ago

@Semerjyan I've read the (2) and (3) from the list in my previous comment and the latter is a rather liberal retelling of the former. I /strongly/ suggest you skip (3) but read (2), which is a really good survey of the topic.

I say we don't postpone the talk based on my practical experience. I'll get back to you once I read the chapters from the microservices book /I'll try to do it by the end of this week/, and we'll decide if we are interested in me retelling you /guys/ what I've learned.

May I suggest considering BDD as a new topic? What do you think, should I open a new issue for BDD?

BDD sounds great and yes, you should open an issue, so we have a separate discussion space for that.

Semerjyan commented 2 years ago

I say we don't postpone the talk based on my practical experience. I'll get back to you once I read the chapters from the microservices book /I'll try to do it by the end of this week/, and we'll decide if we are interested in me retelling you /guys/ what I've learned.

Sounds good, thanks))) I will also read the materials you mentioned by the end of this week

BDD sounds great and yes, you should open an issue, so we have a separate discussion space for that.

BDD issue open