Declarative Test Setup
summary
Datasite replaces brittle, manual test fixtures with a Kotlin DSL that declaratively describes environment components and then finds-or-creates them via client calls. It uses Kotlin features—lambdas with receiver, extension functions and @DSLMarker—to make setup extensible and type-safe, applies batching/prefetching to cut API calls, and implements idempotent “find or create” semantics. The result standardizes end-to-end API configuration across dozens of backend services and noticeably speeds and stabilizes tests.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 1:17Where We Started
- 4:38Why a DSL?
- 6:41Sneak Peek
- 7:36Language Features
- 14:51Building a DSL
- 19:59Domain Modeling
- 29:25E2E Tests
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