Testcontainers: From Zero to Hero - Introduction and Best Practices

Explore Testcontainers from the ground up in this live-coding session. Learn to boot up simple database containers for integration testing, use Testcontainers as a replacement for docker-compose in local development, and understand its role in modern CI pipelines. Discover how to make the most out of Docker containers for reliable and reproducible database, integration, or UI tests. Follow along as the speaker covers introduction, setup requirements, practical work scenarios, common pitfalls, testing methodologies, container management, port configuration, logging, container reuse, manual usage, and networking aspects of Testcontainers.