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About the Book
Software development is a complex craft requiring many steps in its road to completion. In particular, achieving the best context-dependent ratio between cost and quality can only be achieved through an adequate testing strategy.
"Integration Testing from the Trenches" covers through different areas of testing and integration tests in both Java & JavaEE ecosystems:
- Definitions of relevant terms around testing and integration testing
- Basic testing tools usable for testing
- Build tools usage for integration testing, including recipes for Maven and Gradle
- Mocks, stubs and fakes, in particular in regard to infrastructure resources such as databases, mail and FTP servers, web services
- In-container testing for the Spring and Spring MVC applications
- In-container testing for JavaEE application
This book is intended for software developers that want to go beyond just unit-testing and test the collaboration of their classes and modules in an efficient way. At some point in time, available tools were restricted to Jakarta Cactus for Struts. However, the thriving Open Source ecosystem can now provide everything we need to provide proper integration tests, as well as ways to use them with the greatest possible Return Over Investment.
About the Author
Nicolas Fränkel operates as a successful Java and Java EE software architect and developer with more than 12 years experience in consulting for different clients. He also practices a trainer and a part-time lecturer in different French and Swiss higher education institutions, so as to broaden his understanding of software craftsmanship. Nicolas has also been a speaker at miscellaneous Java-related conferences in Europe, such as Devoxx Belgium, JEEConf, JavaLand and some Java User Groups and is the author of Learning Vaadin and Learning Vaadin 7. Nicolas's interests in software are broad, ranging from Rich Client Application, to open source software and build automation through Quality Processes, including diverse flavors of testing. When not tinkering with new products or writing blog posts, he may be found practicing sports: running, swimming, squashing and skiing at the moment. Other leisure activities include reading novels, motorcycles, photography, and drawing, not necessarily in that order.