**Developing Safer Web Services through Integrated Testing**

As web services continue to grow, ensuring their reliability and usability becomes increasingly important. With the emphasis on User Interface/User Experience (UI/UX) and business logic handling in frontend, testing strategies have evolved to accommodate these changes. Developers are leveraging various test methods, including Unit Testing, but face challenges when verifying entire application behavior. Integration tests fill this gap by validating how multiple modules or components work together.

**Key Takeaways:**

1. **Integration Tests**: Verify the correct functioning of one or more components together, finding possible side effects and where they occurred.
2. **Benefits**: Provide faster feedback in early development stages, helping detect problems between modules, and are relatively easier to find side effects from altering test code.
3. **Balancing Testing Strategies**: Identify different testing approaches (Unit Tests, End-to-End, Integration) for each module or layer within the project to ensure overall application quality.

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Source: https://dev.to/solleedata/develop-safer-web-services-with-integrated-testing-3026