Understanding testing in a microservice architecture
Microservice architecture divides an application into smaller, loosely coupled services, each responsible for a specific business function. This approach offers numerous benefits, such as improved scalability and flexibility. However, it also introduces complexity, particularly in terms of testing. Comprehensive testing is crucial to ensure that these independent services function correctly and cohesively. Let’s try to understand the importance of testing in a microservice architecture:
- The first reason for using tests in a microservice architecture is to ensure functionality. Each service performs a distinct function in a microservice architecture and is developed independently. Testing ensures that each service performs its intended function correctly. We mostly use unit and functional testing to achieve this goal:
- Unit testing focuses on individual components within a service, verifying that each function works as...
