Integration Testing

Example for Easy and Effective Integration Testing with Node.js and Testcontainers

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Usage

Recommended OS: Linux

Requirements: Yarn, Node.js

Optional: Docker, Docker Compose

Setup

• yarn install

Development

• make dev or yarn dev (Start development backend services, http://localhost:3000)
• make test or yarn test (Run integration tests)
• <F5> (Start test for current file, you can also set debug breakpoints)

Codebase

• index.ts entry point to a simple todo management Node.js API
• index.test.ts entry point to integration testing the todo API
• docker-compose.yml to start the backend for development
• workflows/test.yml to run integrations test on every push with GitHub Actions

Credits

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