How Pact-net-core helps us achieve our goal

In a consumer-driven test, our goal is to make sure that we should be able to test all the services, internal components, and services that depend on or communicate with other/external services.

Pact-net-core is written in a way that it guarantees the contacts would be met. Here are a few points on how it helps us in a better way to achieve our goal:

  • The execution is very fast
  • It helps identify failure causes
  • The main thing is that Pact does not require a separate environment to manage automation test integration.

There are two steps to work with Pact:

  • Defining expectations: In the very first step, the consumer team has to define the contract. In the preceding image, Pact helps record the consumer ...

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