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Testcontainers

Starts real databases and services in disposable containers during tests.

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Libraries that start Docker containers (databases, queues, etc.) during integration tests and discard them at the end.

When to use

For integration tests against real databases and services, without mocks.

When to avoid

In CI environments without Docker, or in tests that must be extremely fast.

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