PactFlow - Introduction to Pact
Goals
- Understand the problems with end-to-end integrated testing, including managing environments
- Learn the basics of contract testing and how it can fit in to a general testing strategy
- Learn the core concepts of Pact
By the end of the course, you should be comfortable writing Pact consumer tests and verifying contracts on the provider side, and have a basic understanding of how you can collaborate using a Pact Broker.
Course Guide
The full introductory workshop can be run within 2 - 2.5 hours, and we recommend delivering it in the following order in a single session:
| Step | Description | Material | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Preparation step: watch introductory series on contract-testing and Pact | Youtube playlist | 45 minutes |
| 1 | Introduction to contract-testing with Pact presentation (slides 1 - 46) | pdf | pptx | 30 minutes |
| 2 | Pact in action (optional) | See demos | 15 minutes |
| 3 | Run the Node JS workshop | workshop | 2-3 hours |
| 4 | PactFlow summary (slides 47+) | pdf | pptx | 5 minutes |
NOTE: You may swap out the language for one of our other workshops if a client would prefer it done in a separate language. It's worth stating however that the JS and Golang workshops are currently the best designed for this course