You Don't Know How Easy Testing a Spring Boot Application Is (yet)
Master testing Spring Boot applications with this comprehensive hands-on course
NEWS: The Testing Spring Boot Applications Masterclass is now up-to-date with Spring Boot 2.4
TL;DR: The Testing Spring Boot Applications Masterclass is a deep-dive course on testing your Spring Boot applications. You'll learn how to effectively write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests while utilizing Spring Boot's excellent test support.
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Knowing how to effectively test separates the serious engineer from a hobby developer
“Quality is not an act. It is a habit.” – Aristotle
Do you remember writing your first Spring Boot application? You were excited that you now finally expose data via an API and can connect to a database.
Testing your application was the last thing you could think of at this moment.
Once you start using Spring Boot in a professional environment there is no way around testing. Testing your application gives you confidence, fearless deployments on Friday afternoons and a good night of sleep.
Most tutorials and courses about testing barely go beyond the Hello World example of testing a calculator.
This does not prepare you for the real world where your application faces database access, external systems, messaging system, network, etc.
There are so many great libraries and techniques out there for the Java ecosystem when it comes to testing. Mastering them all, right after you understand the basics about Spring Boot, is hard.
Testing can be joy, if you are familiar with all the great tools you have access to: JUnit, Mockito, AssertJ, Hamcrest, JsonPath, JSONAssert, Testcontainers, Selenium, LocalStack, Awaitility, and not to forget the whole Spring Testing support.
Especially with Spring Boot you get so much functionality when it comes to testing. What you need are recipes to tackle testing different parts of your applications and then apply them.
This Testing Spring Boot applications Masterclass is all about making you an expert when it comes to testing Spring Boot applications in an efficient way.
All you need to know about testing
Spring Boot applications
The number of testing libraries is huge in the Java ecosystem. One might get overwhelmed with all the different solutions.
This online Masterclass guides you through every testing library you need to verify your Spring Boot application is working as expected.
After working with this course, you not only have recipes at hand to test different parts of your application, but you are also familiar with industry best practice.
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Enroll now and never worry about testing your Spring Boot Application again! NEW: Up-to-date with Spring Boot 2.4
Here’s What You’ll Get When You Sign Up
Whether you just started with Spring Boot or are already using it in several projects, this Spring Boot Testing Masterclass guides you through all relevant parts of testing Spring Boot applications.
Understand what and how to test
You are unsure which parts of your application to test? There is a good chance that you are not focusing on the relevant parts of your application you should test.
Go beyond trivial unit testing
After working with this course you'll have recipes at hand to test all non-trivial parts of your application like database access, HTTP communication, using cloud services (e.g. SQS from AWS), etc.
Master different testing libraries
Not only will you be able to use all presented testing libraries for your application, but also understand what they are about and when to use which. Knowing when to use which library is a key skill.
Best practices for testing
This Masterclass includes an own section about industry best practices for testing applications. Make use of knowledge from years of writing tests for enterprise applications.
Here’s what what the first early-bird students say about this course
Wim Deblauwe
Software Engineer - Homepage
Testimonial via Mail
Philip has made a fantastic overview of the full testing landscape of Spring. The videos are clear and explain details and common pitfalls in great depth. Looking forward to the rest of the course.
PS: Wim is also book author of Taming Thymeleaf and Practical Guide to Building an API Back End with Spring Boot
Joined with the Early-Bird Batch #2
Siva
Software Engineer and Blogger
Detailed review of the Masterclass on his blog
I got an opportunity to review the course I find it wonderful for learning how to test Spring Boot applications leveraging modern testing frameworks and libraries....
I would highly recommend Masterclass for anybody working with Spring Boot applications.
Read the full review here.
Joined with the Early-Bird Batch #7
Course curriculum
Overview of the different Masterclass Modules
1
Module 1: Introduction
We'll start with an application walk-through, to get you familiar with the code base we test throughout the Masterclass.
At the end of this module you'll be able to start the Book Reviewr application and its infrastructure components on your machine.
2
Module 2: Testing with the Spring Boot Starter Test
Getting familiar with the swiss-army knife that every Spring Boot project includes: Spring Boot Starter Test.
We'll cover all testing libraries that come with this starter and take a detailed look into testing with JUnit 5 and mocking with Mockito.
3
Module 3: Testing database access
Start writing efficient tests for your database layer while utilizing Spring Boot test features like @DataJpaTest, TestEntityManager, @Sql, etc.
Furthermore, with this module you'll start using Testcontainers to replace the default in-memory database, learn how you can pre-populate your database, and understand the pitfalls when writing tests where the EntityManger is involved.
4
Module 4: Testing the web layer
MockMvc to the rescue!
Learn how to effectively test your web-layer (@RestController and @Controller) in isolation. You have your endpoints secured with Spring Security? No problem! There is great support available to ensure only authenticated users with the correct privileges reach your endpoints.
5
Module 5: Testing further slices of our application
Ever wanted to know how to test your WebClient or RestTemplate HTTP calls? How to ensure your business logic is working as expected and how to verify your messaging controllers?
In this module, we'll tackle further slices to effectively test different parts of our application in isolation. In addition, we'll write our own test slice.
6
Module 6: Writing tests with the whole Spring Context
It's time to write integration tests using @SpringBootTest!
With the knowledge of previous modules, we can mock almost any external infrastructure component, except Keycloak. We'll introduce WireMock to mock the HTTP interaction with the identity provider or any other system during application startup (e.g. Salesforce, Stripe, SAP, etc.).
7
Module 7: Writing web tests
Writing end-to-end tests to ensure users can interact with your application.
Having automated web-tests for your happy-paths can literally save your ass. We'll make the most of Selenium and Selenide by verifying the Book Reviwr application without any manual WebDriver setup (including VNC recording, screenshots on failure, etc.).
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Module 8: Testing Best Practices
Build tool configuration, test strategies, naming strategies, testing static methods, working with time, test report visualization within your CI (e.g. Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps) server, etc.
... and last but not least: Drastically reduce your build times with Spring's Context Caching mechanism.
Talk is cheap, show me some real lessons!
About The Course Teacher, Philip
Philip is a Senior Java Software Engineer and working in Berlin for Germany's leading online real estate marketplace. He started with Spring Boot back in 2015 and has used it for multiple applications in several industries. Testing is an integral part of his daily work as he is a profound craftsman.
Once Philip understood the Java testing landscape, writing tests makes as much fun as writing production code for him. He is also a won around TDD (Test Driven Development) practitioner and constantly shares testing techniques among his colleagues.
He started teaching Java topics on YouTube in 2018 and is writing content about the Java ecosystem on his blog for now more than three years.
Besides that, he's also actively helping developers on StackOverflow with their questions around testing .
Here’s what people are saying about the course instructor
Tom Hombergs
Founder of reflectoring.io
Philip is a dedicated developer and doesn't give up until he has understood the details of a topic.
In his courses and articles, he transfers this knowledge to you and they leave you smarter than before.
Looking forward to working with you in the future, Philip
Vlad Mihalcea
Founder of vladmihalcea.com
Philip is a very skilled content creator who managed to publish high quality articles and videos that cover a wide range of topics, like Spring, Java EE, or Jakarta EE.
He pays a lot of attention to details, so if you enjoyed his articles and videos, you are surely going to love his video courses.
Marco Behler
Founder of marcobehler.com
How can you not love what Philip is doing?
Tons of actionable tutorials and content across the Jakarta EE and Spring universes.
Highly recommended!
Why you should invest in learning how to test Spring Boot applications
When was your last outage or downtime caused by a bug that could have been prevented with a test? How much did your company lost in direct revenue or indirectly by losing customer satisfaction?
Putting in numbers is hard but I guess every minute a non trivial application is not working as expected results in costs or lost revenue of $ 1.000 - 10.000+
On the other side, consider how uncertainty paralyses you when you want to refactor an existing code base that lacks tests. Or you are new to a project and want to introduce a new feature. Testing things afterwards manually is a cumbersome and repetitive tasks.
We as engineers are lucky to have tools around us that can automate such cumbersome and repetitive tasks. So let's start using them by learning how to effectively test our applications.
Once you know your testing toolkit, writing tests becomes joyful.
This is what each Module covers in detail
Module 1
Module 2
Module 3
Module 4
Module 5
Module 6
Module 7
Module 8
Sneak peek of one of the final automated end-to-end tests
FUNDAMENTALS
Getting Started with Testing Spring Boot Applications including an introduction to
JUnit 5 and Mockito
$
19
Single-User License
plus VAT (where applicable)
BOOTCAMP
Get access to the first four modules covering unit testing and @DataJpaTest & @WebMvcTest
$
47
Single-User License
plus VAT (where applicable)
Masterclass
Get full access to the whole course content. Covering unit, integration and web tests for Spring Boot Applications.
$
159
Single-User License
plus VAT (where applicable)
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Michal Kupisiński
Professional IT Trainer - GitHub
Testimonial as a comment on the last course video
Philip, thank you very much for this course. It’s really great and full of valuable knowledge, examples, tips and good practices. It was a pleasure to learn from your experience.
Your course is very comprehensive and there’s a need to spend a lot of time to complete it but it’s worth every minute. To be exact I believe that after those many hours I saved weeks or months of self-learning.
Joined with the Early-Bird Batch #5
Björn Wilsmann
Independent IT Consultant - Homepage
Detailed review of the Masterclass on his blog
The course is highly recommended for Spring Boot developers who want to move beyond basic unit testing and get familiar with both best practices and various testing frameworks and approaches.
Joined with the Early-Bird Batch #3
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Frequently Asked Questions
Fundamentals: 2h+
Bootcamp: 4h+
Masterclass: 8h+
As I recommend to code in parallel, I assume it takes you about 10 hours in total to work through this Masterclass and get the most of it.
Yes, I offer a 30-days back money guarantee.
As the skill level & interest of every course student is different, I want to offer several starting points to master Testing Spring Boot Applications.
In a nutshell:
Fundamentals: Great for everyone that just started Testing Spring Boot applications and want to learn more about JUnit 5 & Mockito.
Bootcamp: This edition covers the first four Modules of the Masterclass and includes unit-testing, web-layer, and database-layer testing using @WebMvcTest and @DataJpaTest.
Masterclass: Everything you need to know about Testing Spring Boot Applications: unit, integration, and web tests including advanced testing techniques.
Please note: If you already enrolled for the Masterclass, there won't be any new lessons for you in the Fundamentals & Bootcamp edition as they are both a subset of the Masterclass.
At the end of both the Fundamentals and Bootcamp edition you'll get the chance to upgrade to the next higher edition.
You won't have to pay the full price and get a limited discount.
You are a Java developer, work with the Spring framework and want to write tests with joy?
Then it definitely is!
I won't explain what Spring and Spring Boot is all about as there are quite good resources for this available. I assume you have basic knowledge with Spring Boot and Java.
I'm constantly updating all library version and try to be up-to-date.
Right now they are:
- Spring Boot 2.4.3
- Testcontainers 1.15.2
- WireMock 2.27.2
- Selenium 3.141.59
- JUnit 5.7.0
- Mockito 3.6.28
- Awaitility 4.0.3
- Selenide 5.19.0
Frontend-wise they are the following:
- React 17.0.0
- Typescript 4.0.5
last updated: 27th of February 2021
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The mission behind this Masterclass
I believe this Masterclass can have an impact in the overall quality of the applications we write and use. Everybody is benefiting from less bugs and less outages as software is indispensable from our daily life .
As I'm also part of interviewing new candidates, I can see that basic testing techniques is something that almost every Junior Developer I interviewed is missing. Having such skills also uplifts your chances of getting a job.
Not only does it make you a better engineer, but also once you apply the techniques presented in this Masterclass, your coworkers' skills will grow too. Let's spread the news that testing can be fun and is an essential tool of every serious engineer.
Have fun working with this Masterclass,
Your instructor,
Philip