In the previous section, we discussed that testing a microservice is a complex and challenging job. In this section, we will discuss some points that will indicate how conducting various tests could help us overcome these challenges:
- A unit test framework, such as Microsoft Unit Testing Framework, provides a facility to test individual operations of independent components. To ensure that all the tests pass and that a new functionality or change does not break anything (if any functionality breaks down, then the related unit test would fail), these tests can be run on every compilation of code.
- To make sure that responses are consistent with the expectations of the clients or consumers, consumer-driven contract testing ...
