The minimal configuration for testing Hibernate
Introduction In my previous post I announced my intention of creating a personal Hibernate course. The first thing to start with is a minimal testing configuration. You only need Hibernate In a real production environment you won’t use Hibernate alone, as you may integrate it in a Java EE or Spring container. For testing Hibernate features you don’t need a full-blown framework stack, you can simply rely on Hibernate flexible configuration options.
Hibernate integration testing strategies
Introduction I like integration testing. As I explained in this article, it’s a good way to check what SQL queries are generated by Hibernate behind the scenes. But integration tests require a running database server, and this is the first choice you have to make. Using a production-like local database server for Integration Testing For a production environment, I always prefer using incremental DDL scripts, since I can always know what version is deployed on a given server, and which scripts required to be deployed. I’ve been relying on Flyway to manage… Read More
