How to Ensure Testing Robustness in Microservice Architectures and Cope with Test Smells

Authors

  • Mesut Durukal  IOT DS EU TR PLT, Siemens AS, Istanbul, Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org//10.32628/CSEIT195425

Keywords:

Cloud Services, API Testing, Test Automation; Robustness; Test Smells; Asynchronous Microservices.

Abstract

This paper presents the most common test smells and prevention methods against them in test automation frameworks which are used to test microservice architectures. In this scope; the necessity for test automation is discussed, and the most probable test smells in a test automation framework are listed. Finally, applied solutions to handle them are told and advantages are analyzed by investigating the results.

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2019-08-30

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Volume 5, Issue 4, July-August-2019

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Mesut Durukal, " How to Ensure Testing Robustness in Microservice Architectures and Cope with Test Smells, IInternational Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology(IJSRCSEIT), ISSN : 2456-3307, Volume 5, Issue 4, pp.167-175, July-August-2019. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/CSEIT195425