Contract Testing
Prevent integration failures before they happen. Consumer-driven contracts with Pact, provider verification, CI integration, and the shift from end-to-end to contract-based testing strategies.
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3 courses
15 lessons
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1
Why Contract Testing?
The integration testing problem and why contracts are the missing piece between unit tests and E2E.
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~3.0h
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Requires subscriptionThe Integration Testing Problemreading +10 XP
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Requires subscriptionWhat is a Contract?reading +15 XP
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Requires subscriptionConsumer-Driven vs Provider-Drivenreading +15 XP
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Requires subscriptionContract Testing vs Other Approachesreading +15 XP
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Requires subscriptionThe Testing Pyramid and Contractsreading +15 XP
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Pact: Hands-On Contract Testing
Learn Pact from setup to CI. Write consumer tests, verify providers, share contracts through a broker.
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~5.0h
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Requires subscriptionPact Overview and Setupreading +15 XP
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Requires subscriptionWriting Consumer Testsreading +20 XP
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Requires subscriptionProvider Verificationreading +20 XP
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Requires subscriptionThe Pact Brokerreading +15 XP
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Requires subscriptionHandling Schema Evolutionreading +15 XP
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Contract Testing in Practice
Apply contract testing to REST, GraphQL, and event-driven systems. Integrate into CI/CD and build a full setup.
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~4.0h
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Requires subscriptionContract Testing for REST APIsreading +15 XP
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Requires subscriptionContract Testing for GraphQLreading +15 XP
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Requires subscriptionContract Testing for Event-Driven Systemsreading +15 XP
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Requires subscriptionCI/CD Integrationreading +15 XP
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Requires subscriptionCapstone: Full Contract Testing Setupexercise +25 XP