Observability-Driven Development: Enhancing Microservices Testing

Observability-Driven Development: Enhancing Microservices Testing

Explore observability-driven development in this conference talk from Conf42 Observability 2023. Dive into the challenges of testing microservices and learn how distributed tracing can address these issues. Discover the concept of trace-based testing and its advantages over traditional integration testing methods. Get hands-on experience with Tracetest, a tool designed to facilitate observability-driven development. Learn how to assert on timing and various aspects of HTTP transactions in distributed systems using OpenTelemetry instrumentation. Gain insights into installing and using Tracetest, and understand its benefits for improving the testing process in complex microservice architectures.