Honest, Simple and Fast Isolation Tests
summary
Describes a testing system that runs 50,000 isolation tests in about 8 minutes across ~100 microservices by building Docker images, running binaries, spinning up real databases and queues, and mocking external services by intercepting broker messages to assert outgoing requests and final DB state. The backend is implemented in Go while tests are written in Python using wrappers, decorators and fixtures; per-service suites of 1–3k tests run locally in ~1 minute aiming for near 100% line coverage and fast CI feedback.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Microservice testing intro
- 8:57Isolation testing concept
- 15:46Test types and structure
- 22:27Fast testing benefits
- 29:51Honest reliable testing
- 33:03Team testing resources
- 37:18Q&A
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