Ruby on Rails became one of the most popular web development frameworks thanks to its ‘convention over configuration’ motto. With its common structure, developers can easily move between projects with minimal effort. They know exactly where to find the database schema, view layouts and other files without having to go searching through the codebase. The […]
The following post was originally published on cucumber.io/blog/ Example-guided development is a suggested new catch-all term for the family of practices variously known as Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD), Acceptance-Test-Driven Development (ATDD) and Specification by Example (SbE) that has been causing a bit of excitement in the agile community. This post aims to give you a summary of where this […]
Imagine that you’re taking over a legacy web application. When looking at the database, you see tables with names like `items` and `categories`, and the code contains variables with names like `a` and `object`. Long and complex classes and functions make it hard to understand what’s happening and even harder to update the application with […]
Behavior-driven development, or BDD, is all about improving communication between business and technical teams. The goal is to shorten feedback cycles and eliminate misunderstood or vague requirements using real-world examples. These examples describe how software should behave in the eyes of a user rather than how it should work on a technical level. The process […]
Many developers feel the benefits of behavior-driven development (BDD) and test-driven development (TDD). There are fewer ambiguous requirements, late nights troubleshooting errors or deploys that have everyone on edge. Everything runs better when business and technical teams are on the same page. The problem is that it’s challenging to quantify these benefits. Without demonstrating a […]
Almost 1 year after HipTest joined SmartBear, Cucumber Ltd. has been acquired by SmartBear. Today is an exciting day for us. We’re happy to announce that SmartBear has acquired Cucumber Ltd. For BDD lovers, you probably already know Cucumber. With more than 30 million downloads and nearly a million users, Cucumber is the leader in Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) training and […]
Behavior-driven development, or BDD, has become very popular over the past several years. While it’s easy to gather around the table and come up with Given-When-Then scenarios, going through the motions doesn’t necessarily lead to tangible benefits. Defining solid metrics and making progress visible is necessary to truly realize the benefits of BDD. In this […]
Many developers treat behavior-driven development (BDD) like test-driven development (TDD). Rather than using it as an opportunity to communicate with product owners, they write the tests in isolation and then write the code necessary to make the tests pass — the same as they would with TDD tests. If you treat BDD like TDD, then […]
Test-driven and behavior-driven development, also known as TDD and BDD, often involve trade-offs between development time, software quality and test performance. These trade-offs are often questioned the most when testing non-functional requirements, or NFRs, since they involve a greater level of uncertainty than traditional functional requirements. Many development teams aren’t even sure if they should […]
The beginning of any software project is full of unknowns. While it’s important to have a vision, the initial product backlog is little more than a list of assumptions that must be validated and refined using feedback from customers and users. Grooming, or refinement, is the process of updating the product backlog based on feedback […]