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Comparison of Specmatic and Spring Cloud Contract.

By Hari Krishnan

Comparison: Specmatic vs Spring Cloud Contract

With Spring Cloud Contract we can start by authoring the API contract in one of the supported DSLs, based on which the provider / producer is verified and in the
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Specmatic vs Pact & Pactflow comparison

By Hari Krishnan

Comparison: Specmatic vs Pact.io and Pactflow.io

Specmatic and Contract Driven Development differ significantly from Pact. We built Specmatic out of our own necessity where Pact did not fit the bill for
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Specmatic vs WireMock

By Hari Krishnan

Comparison: Specmatic vs WireMock

API mocking is only effective if the mocks are truly representative of the provider / services they are emulating. Deviations between mocks and providers can
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By Hari Krishnan

Types of Contracts Testing – Consumer Driven, Provider Driven and Contract Driven

The terms Contract Testing and "Consumer Driven Contract Testing" are often used interchangeably thereby making it seem like they are one and the same. However
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Redis stubing - specmatic contact development with contract testing.

Redis Stubbing with Specmatic Contract Testing

Instead of using an actual instance of Redis, we'll stub it out and have the contract test set expectations so that the Redis stub knows
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Kafka Mocking with AsyncAPI using Specmatic

The Specmatic Kafka mock is wire compatible and entirely within the control of the test, the test can run locally and in CI and deliver
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JMS Mocking with AsyncAPI using Specmatic

The JMS mock is wire compatible and can be controlled entirely from within the test. This means you can run the test locally or also
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JDBC stubbing with Redis and Specmatic contract testing.

Break the Chains of Database Dependencies: Leveraging Specmatic for JDBC Stubbing

With Specmatic JDBC stub, you can easily test APIs without the need for a complex database setup. By switching out the real database with a
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Dave Farley pointing to the Specmatic tool for easy microservice testing, featured on Dave Farley's Continuous Delivery channel.

“Easy Microservice Testing” – Specmatic featured on Continuous Delivery channel

Dave Farley is a respected author and widely recognised proponent of Continuous Delivery. In this video on his Continuous Delivery YouTube channel he discusses why
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Specmatic API Coverage Report

Early detection of mismatches between your API specs and implementation: Exploring Specmatic’s API Coverage Report

Specmatic’s API coverage report helps identify any mismatches between an OpenAPI specification and an application's endpoints early in the development lifecycle. The report lists all
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By Joel Rosario

TMForum ODA CTK API specification conformance testing with Specmatic

We recently discovered some major issues with the TMForum Conformance Test Kit (CTK) v5.0.0 and will demonstrate how using Specmatic can address these problems.
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