From Contracts to Confidence: Spring Cloud Contract 5 in the Age of AI by Marcin Grzejszczak

This talk focuses on the significant updates in Spring Cloud Contract 5, highlighting the removal of legacy concepts and simplification of the codebase. The maintainer of Spring Cloud Contract discusses the necessity of these changes, the real-world problems they address in Spring-based systems, and offers guidance on confidently upgrading existing projects. Attendees will also learn about the trade-offs and common migration challenges associated with these updates. The session concludes with an exploration of the future of contract testing, particularly how AI-assisted tooling can enhance contract management and validate assumptions in increasingly complex systems, emphasizing the importance of specification-based coding tools like Claude Code. This session is tailored for developers invested in Spring and distributed systems who are keen to grasp the rationale behind the transformations in Spring Cloud Contract 5.