There is a wide variety of kinds of tests that are used during development and validation, in software engineering. Across this taxonomy, there are some kinds of tests that utilize the strengths of Kubernetes extremely well. The terms associated with testing can be vague and confusing, so for clarity, we will briefly review the terms I'll use and the differences between these kinds of tests. There are many more variants of these themes that I haven't detailed here, but for the purpose of describing where Kubernetes is most effective, this list is sufficient:
- Unit tests: Unit tests are the lowest level of testing; this focuses on the interfaces, implementations, and modules within your application. Unit testing frequently implies isolated testing of just the component that the test focuses on. These tests are generally intended to be very fast, easily run on a developer's system directly, and often with no access to external services upon which the relevant...
