Testing Microservices

You have probably tested software before. If you have not, don't worry: this chapter will cover all you need to know about testing microservices. But in all likelihood, you have run your own software before, which is the most basic kind of testing. Different kinds of testing tools allow us to make sure that software is doing what it should. After reading this chapter, you will have a basic understanding of how to test server-side Swift applications and specifically microservices. Testing microservices is different from testing a monolithic application as defined in Chapter 1, Introduction to Microservices. Instead of just testing one application, you need to test every service and—and this makes it so special—the services working together. If, for example, three microservices are working together, an error in one of them might cause the...