Introduction to WireMock
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Description
When your application depends on an external API, testing that it functions as expected can be challenging. In this course, Introduction to WireMock, you will gain the ability to easily simulate the APIs that your application under test depends on. First, you will learn how to stub and verify interactions with an API using WireMock. Next, you will discover how to run it standalone, both for recording and simulating APIs. Finally, you will explore more advanced concepts such as simulating fails, HTTPS, templating, and state. When you’re finished with this course, you will have the skills needed to use WireMock to simulate the HTTPs APIs that your application depends on.
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Andrew is an independent consultant with cross-functional expertise in the design, development, and deployment of enterprise level software systems. Working with various clients, Andrew has been exposed to many different technology stacks, most recently specializing in Java Microservices and continuous delivery.
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Course Overview
Hi everyone, my name's is Andrew Morgan, and welcome to the course, Introduction to WireMock. I'm an independent consultant specializing in microservices and continuous delivery. The amount of HTTP APIs out there is huge, and many of us will have run into them during our time as software developers. When working with them, there are lots of new and interesting challenges in reliably testing our application functions together with them as expected. This course gives an introduction to WireMock, a simulator for HTTP- based APIs used primarily for testing. Some of the major topics that we'll cover include stubbing and verification with HTTP APIs, running WireMock standalone and causing a replay in network traffic, advanced concepts such as simulating faults, HTTPS, templating, and state, and running WireMock in the cloud using MockLab. By the end of this course, you'll be proficient in WireMock, giving you the foundational knowledge to simulate the APIs your application under test depends on. Before beginning this course, it would be useful to have some knowledge of Java, though as WireMock can be run standalone, many of the concepts taught are language agnostic. I hope you'll join me on this journey to learn WireMock with the Introduction to WireMock course at Pluralsight.