Spring MVC Test

When we are writing integration tests for Spring Boot (web) applications, we typically don't want to use the configuration that's used when we run our application in the development, test, or production environment. This blog post describes how we can leverage Spring profiles when we have to create a separate configuration for our integration tests. Read More

Writing Integration Tests for Spring Boot Web Applications: Build Setup

When we want to write integration tests for Spring Boot web applications, the first thing that we have to do is to create a build that makes our life as easy as possible. In other words, we must create a build that allows us to decide what happens when we build our project. This blog post describes how we can create a Maven build that fulfills this requirement. Read More

Clean Test Automation Monthly 11 / 2023

The Clean Test Automation Monthly is a monthly blog post that highlights the best test automation content which I read during the current month. This blog post highlights the best test automation content of November 2023. Read More

Clean Test Automation Monthly 8 / 2023

The Clean Test Automation Monthly is a monthly blog post that highlights the best test automation content which I read during the current month. This blog post highlights the best test automation content of August 2023. Read More

This blog post is the third (and last) part of my article series which investigates if we should use ObjectMapper for creating the request body when we are writing tests for Spring REST APIs. This blog post helps us to understand the role of ObjectMapper, identifies the pros and cons of not using ObjectMapper, and describes when we should and should not use ObjectMapper. Read More