Rails as an SOA Client

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Rails apps become service-front ends so the team builds bounded integration tests that replace real services with fakes and adds contract tests (consumer-driven contracts via RSpec or tools like pacto/pact) to pin down who breaks the API. Service gateways use Faraday (Rack-like middleware) to centralize JSON/XML serialization, caching and logging; an HTTP caching middleware relying on HTTP caching headers cuts network calls and lets product teams control freshness without redeploys.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 11:48OUT-OF-PROCESS
3. 17:34BOUNDED INTEGRATION TESTS
4. 20:29rack
5. 22:07faraday
6. 24:11service gateways

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