Summary
In this chapter, we discussed how to test microservice architectures. Having focused on functional testing in previous chapters, we started by exploring non-functional testing. Then, we took a closer look at performance testing, one particularly important type of non-functional testing. Then, we explored the complexities that microservice architectures bring to the development process and learned how contract testing can help with the verification of API integrations.
We learned how to use the Pact tools to write contract tests using the same techniques and processes that developers use for unit testing. Finally, we explored how we might split up the monolithic BookSwap application, including which services, endpoints, and contract tests we would write.
In Chapter 9, Challenges of Testing Concurrent Code, we will tackle the complex topic of concurrency in Go. We will learn the fundamentals of concurrency in Go and then explore the testing challenges that concurrency introduces...
