What is Testcontainers?
It is a Java library that supports JUnit tests, providing lightweight, throwaway instances of common databases, Selenium web browsers, or anything else that can run in a Docker container.
Testcontainers is a tool in the Container Tools category of a tech stack.
Testcontainers is an open source tool with 8.1K GitHub stars and 1.7K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Testcontainers's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Testcontainers?
Testcontainers's Features
- Data access layer integration tests
- Application integration tests
- UI/Acceptance tests
Testcontainers Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Testcontainers?
Arquillian
It is an integration and functional testing platform that can be used for Java middleware testing. With the main goal of making integration (and functional) tests as simple to write as unit tests, it brings the tests to the runtime environment, freeing developers from managing the runtime from within the test.
Docker Compose
With Compose, you define a multi-container application in a single file, then spin your application up in a single command which does everything that needs to be done to get it running.
Git
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
GitHub
GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
Visual Studio Code
Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.