Effective out-of-container Integration Testing - 4Developers

Modern application frameworks promote a POJO-based programming model, and POJOs are inherently easy to unit test. But how can we effectively integration test our application outside the container while still getting as close to a production-like environment as possible? This session will show attendees how to approximate a target production environment using JUnit and the Spring TestContext Framework to drive fast, repeatable, "out-of-container" integration tests. To simulate a live system, the session will cover open source integration testing techniques such as the use of in-memory databases, JMS providers, and Servlet containers as well as mock SMTP and FTP servers. These techniques are not limited to Spring based applications and can be applied to help integration test any modern Java application.