Expert Talk: Cloud Chaos & How Contract Tests Can Help • Holly Cummins & Kevlin Henney • GOTO 2022

This interview was recorded at GOTO Amsterdam for GOTO Unscripted. #GOTOcon #GOTOunscripted #GOTOams https://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/expert-talk-cloud-chaos-how-contract-tests-can-help Holly Cummins - Senior Principal Software Engineer on the Red Hat Quarkus Team @Holly_Cummins @redhat Kevlin Henney - Consultant, Programmer, Keynote Speaker, Technologist, Trainer & Writer @KevlinHenney DESCRIPTION Today cloud native and cloud transformation are more than buzzwords. However, most companies and development teams have not yet surpassed all the hurdles that come with moving to the cloud. Holly Cummins and Kevlin Henney dismantle why many organizations think by adopting microservices to their cloud strategy, they are ‘doing cloud right’ and how ‘Contract Testing’ can help to reduce the risks of microservices deployments. TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 00:43 Cloud Chaos & Microservices Mayhem 04:55 Developers’ mental models 12:02 Developer experience 18:11 Internet Legacy 26:20 Is testing an obstacle? 30:59 Contract testing 35:38 Outro RECOMMENDED BOOKS Holly Cummins & Timothy Ward • Enterprise OSGi in Action • https://amzn.to/3rn2POB Kevlin Henney & Trisha Gee • 97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know • https://amzn.to/3kiTwJJ Kevlin Henney • 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know • https://amzn.to/2Yahf9U Henney & Monson-Haefel • 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know • https://amzn.to/3pZuHsQ Pini Reznik, Jamie Dobson & Michelle Gienow • Cloud Native Transformation • https://amzn.to/3LTMcDL John Arundel & Justin Domingus • Cloud Native DevOps with Kubernetes • https://amzn.to/3hKZvI5 Kasun Indrasiri & Sriskandarajah Suhothayan • Design Patterns for Cloud Native Applications • https://amzn.to/3yCFxWE Alexander Raul • Cloud Native with Kubernetes • https://amzn.to/3yw9ckc https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #CloudNative #Cloud #Microservices #ContractTesting #ContractTests #MicroservicesArchitecture #SoftwareEngineering #HollyCummins #KevlinHenney #Programming #Tech #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareTechnology #CloudTransformation #CloudTraining #DevOps Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1