Executable Agreements: Code, Collaborate, and Deploy with Confidence
summary
Shows how Pact and a Pact Broker replace many slow end-to-end tests by publishing consumer-generated JSON pacts, verifying them in CI against the real provider, and gating releases with a can I deploy check. Demo uses a TypeScript consumer, Pact’s mock provider, and provider verification; teams run this for ~18 months across two projects covering about 10 services, integrated the broker into CI after ~6 months, found real deployment-stopping mismatches, and add Slack notifications and async visualization fixes.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and speaker background
- 2:00Motivation for Pact and testing pyramid
- 7:22Pact basics and contract testing concepts
- 13:17Consumer-driven vs provider-driven contract testing
- 15:22How Pact works with consumer and provider
- 19:02Live demo of Pact workflow
- 28:54Two years using Pact at Bet Advanced
- 37:47Evaluation of Pact pros and cons
- 40:37Is Pact worth the investment?
- 41:41Q&A session
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