Unit Testing Using Spring Boot

When we create an application using Spring Boot, we get the springboot-starter-test dependency that comes with Mockito and AssertJ as testing libraries. We also automatically get a test file with the @SpringBootTest annotation.

Unit testing should not be done using Spring Boot. The main purpose of unit testing is to test a method or class. However, @SpringBootTest loads the entire context, which makes the test lengthy and defeats the purpose of unit testing. This feature of Spring Boot should ...