Mar 3 · 9 min read · API Mocking Tools: MSW, WireMock, Microcks, and Prism API mocking is one of those practices that feels optional until you need it -- and then you realize you needed it months ago. Frontend teams waiting on backend endpoints, integration tests hitting...
Join discussionJan 2 · 13 min read · If you’ve been using Rest Assured for API testing, you know how powerful it is. The syntax looks simple and easier to understand, but things get interesting when you have to write test cases and mocks for a microservices application that has more tha...
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May 10, 2025 · 4 min read · If you’re working with microservices, APIs, or contract testing, chances are you’ve run into a situation where the backend service you need just isn’t ready. That’s where WireMock shines — a powerful tool that lets you mock HTTP APIs, simulate servic...
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Apr 7, 2025 · 4 min read · I’ve had testing on my mind lately—specifically, how our team approaches automated unit tests, integration tests, and broader validations like smoke testing. What should we be asserting? What behaviors actually matter? These thoughts were front and c...
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Nov 24, 2024 · 4 min read · In today’s world of microservices and distributed architectures, testing APIs effectively has become essential to ensure system stability and functionality. This is where WireMock shines as a versatile tool that allows developers and testers to simul...
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Mar 29, 2023 · 6 min read · Istio, Kubernetes, and WireMock? Yup! It's a powerful combination! Recap In my previous blog https://marinow.hashnode.dev/how-to-not-stub-your-toe-in-production, we discussed ideas on how you can combine the power of Istio and WireMock Stub functiona...
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Mar 21, 2023 · 4 min read · Application testing from the Network and Platform Engineering lens I’ve hit a stub, what did I do…right?! Coming from a networking engineering background, it’s always challenging to understand the behaviours of applications and how they’re expected t...
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Mar 1, 2023 · 1 min read · Introduction Although there are many definitions about the scope of an integration test, Martin Fowler defines Narrow integration tests, where the integration with other systems are tested using mocks, and Broad integration tests, where they communic...
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Jan 17, 2023 · 4 min read · In this blog, we will be learning how to create a service virtualization using WireMock. When we are developing a micro-service application, one service may invoke an API call to another service. Let's consider we are part of a food order application...
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