PinnedQuick test reports using Allure + TestNG + GitHub ActionsEvery system should be testable. Starting from this premise why not combine Allure + TestNG + GitHub Actions to present the test history? In this article, I’ll show an easy and quick way to have it in your system. 1. Definitions Allure Report — A flexible lightweight multi-language test report tool designed…Allure Reporting5 min readAllure Reporting5 min read
PinnedEnforce your Java architecture with ArchUnitSometimes follow the architecture only coding is hard, either by the developers or by jump from one layer to another, ie, controller calling the persistence 😟 and so on. We can catch the scenarios above in a code review, or using a library to automate this task (I like this…Archunit3 min readArchunit3 min read
PinnedDesign Pattern Composite, in a nutshellThe Composite design pattern has the intention to represent part-whole as your friends on social media or a tower, as in the picture below. Why this pattern? Compose objects into tree structures to represent part-whole hierarchies. Composite lets clients treat individual objects and compositions of objects uniformly [1]. Using a composite structure, we…Composite3 min readComposite3 min read
PinnedDesign Pattern Bridge, in a nutshellWhen do you need to connect things, one of the options is to build a bridge, and this pattern is an example of it in code time upfront of integrations. For more about this bridge, click here. Motivation Excerpt from GOF book[1], When an abstraction can have one of several possible…Java4 min readJava4 min read
May 22SpringBoot Events: Decoupled way to write your codeEvents are a good alternative to applying the loose coupling, always mentioned in software books, and Spring does it in a beautiful and easy way. 1. What is it? Decoupling — A situation in which two or more activities are separated, or do not develop in the same way (Cambridge Dictionary). Events — Anything…Spring Events3 min readSpring Events3 min read
May 7Java Programmers: Discover How to Mock Spring in 4 Steps!Writing tests is not easy even when you're mixing some framework. Because of this, this article will help you to decide which kind of mock to use for each coverage type. In the picture below, we can see the model, a simple model, but enough to understand the mocks. 1. Mock Use…Springboottest3 min readSpringboottest3 min read
Jan 23How to call a rest endpoint using only Java?Java has some excellent frameworks to help us to create a REST call, for instance RestTemplate and WebClient, both from Spring framework and Resteasy used by Quarkus. But the focus of this article is to forget the frameworks and focus in the Java language. …Java113 min readJava113 min read
Dec 17, 2022Is getting certified worth it?Depends :). Let me explain the why’s in this article and give my experience from the first certification in 2006 and my last in 2022. 1. REAMDE.md Before I start, the sentence below is highly valuable for everybody, read it before continuing. Most of my friends and colleagues are very negative about…Certification3 min readCertification3 min read
Jul 2, 2022Automated E2E testing with Testcontainers and SeleniumHaving tests is better than nothing, but having E2E (End to End) testing is fantastic, and in this article, I’ll show you how to do it using Testcontainers and Selenium. …E2e Testing7 min readE2e Testing7 min read
Jun 20, 2022The next level — Testcontainers using SpringBoot and CockroachDB imagesHave you ever had to share a set of data, wait for someone to finish the test, or even worse, don’t have any test environment to validate your system? If not, you’re a lucky person 😃, otherwise read this article and become a better developer, tester, QA, or manager…. 1. Why? From…Testcontainer4 min readTestcontainer4 min read
