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How do you test an application that relies heavily on cloud services? Do you have a specific strategy for testing it, or do you simply run your tests regardless of the infrastructure costs?


In this talk, we’ll explore how Testcontainers and LocalStack offer an affordable and scalable solution to cloud application testing without compromising on quality. This session will demonstrate (including a live showcase) how to use Testcontainers in combination with LocalStack to spin up containerized services to emulate all the AWS cloud services that your application depends on, enabling you to have your own cloud running locally on your machine or CI/CD. Together, those two tools can provide an efficient, cost-saving alternative to traditional cloud testing strategies.


Here is the agenda that I plan for this talk:


- State of cloud applications nowadays
- What are the challenges when testing cloud applications?
- Which options do we have to avoid some of those costs?
- Introduction to Localstack and Testcontainers
- Localstack and TestContainers in action (live showcase)
- Conclusion


By the end of this session, you will have actionable insights on how to optimize your testing process, lower your infrastructure costs, and ensure your cloud applications are ready for production without complex setups.