Help—I can't stand my Spring integration tests anymore, and neither can my CI!
summary
Practical guide to fixing slow, flaky Spring integration tests that bloat CI. Covers common problems (frequent context invalidation, expensive/misused dependencies like databases, and duplicated tests) and demonstrates a refactoring live-coding approach with concrete best practices to reduce execution time and resource waste so teams can regain control of their test suite.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Spring integration tests
- 2:29Spring Boot basics
- 7:02Mockito external deps
- 9:49Database handling
- 13:42Test cleanup
- 17:29Assertion best practices
- 23:52Test readability
- 30:12Faster tests
- 37:35Smaller context
- 43:08Test strategy
- 46:41Conclusion
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