Testing cloud-native applications presents unique challenges due to microservices, containers, dynamic scaling, and distributed architectures. This hands-on workshop equips participants with practical strategies to test these systems effectively.

Attendees will explore unit, integration, and end-to-end testing, alongside advanced techniques like service virtualization and contract testing. The session also covers testing in containerized and serverless environments, ensuring you can maintain quality and reliability within modern CI/CD pipelines.

Key Learnings

• Distributed Testing Strategy: Understand and solve the unique challenges of testing microservices-based systems.
• Decoupled Services: Apply service virtualization and contract testing to test services in isolation without breaking dependencies.
• CI/CD Integration: Seamlessly integrate automated tests into delivery pipelines for continuous quality.
• Environment Mastery: Monitor, observe, and test within containerized (Kubernetes) and serverless environments.
• Resiliency Patterns: Apply best practices for building scalable, maintainable, and resilient cloud-native test suites.

Workshop Setup & Requirements

• Hardware: Laptop required with reliable Wi-Fi access.
• Software & Tools: * IDE (VS Code, IntelliJ, etc.)
  • Docker and Kubernetes CLI (kubectl)
  • Local Kubernetes cluster (Kind or Minikube)
  • Git installed and configured
• Prerequisites: Familiarity with microservices, REST APIs, and basic CI/CD pipelines.

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