72. High Value Integration Tests and Contract Tests

    In this chapter, we’ll learn:

    • How to tell what an integration test is & is not
    • Advantages and disadvantages of integration testing
    • 3 powerful types of integration tests you can write

    Integration tests

    What’s an integration test?

    Well, if you know what unit & e2e are, we could just use negation.

    For example:

    • if it’s not unit
    • and it’s not e2e
    • then it’s probably integration
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