delv-hcm / VstsDockerBuild

Example of how to build docker images and run unit- and integrationtests using VSTS

Building Docker images using Visual Studio Team Services

and running unit- and integrationtests using docker-compose

The solution

The solution consist of multiple projects

• A WebApp project
• A Shared library project
• A "Service" project
• A project with a few empty unit tests
• And a project with a few integration test

The repository contains

I wanted to explore how to setup a complete build pipeline in VSTS for building multi image solutions. The examples I have been able to find were all very simple, as "getting" started guides tend to be. This is ok, but I wanted to take it just a little bit further.

So here I have set up a more complete sample solution that

1. Builds multiple projects into docker images.
2. Runs a number of empty unit tests
3. Runs a few integration tests

These blog posts talks about the different parts of the sample

Post 1: https://medium.com/@christiansparre/building-a-multi-docker-image-solution-using-visual-studio-team-services-and-docker-compose-42fa196b6cd2

Post 2: https://medium.com/@christiansparre/running-your-unit-tests-with-visual-studio-team-services-and-docker-compose-3f82c9b95bf

I think the most interesting thing and one of the huge value propositions for docker, besides the general awesomeness, is how easy it actually is to setup integration tests of a complete solution. It does not involve deployment, it can easily run as part of your build pipeline and it can include everything from your own application to database servers etc.

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