Why You Want to Prac.ce Behavior Driven Development Even Though You Might Not Know it Yet! George Dinwiddie — @gdinwiddie
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WhyYouWanttoPrac.ceBehaviorDrivenDevelopment
EvenThoughYouMightNotKnowitYet!
GeorgeDinwiddie—@gdinwiddie
GeorgeDinwiddie—@gdinwiddie
What?
BDDis…
• Aprac.cethathasmanyfacets• Aprac.cethatiswidelymisunderstoodormisconceivedwithhalf-truths.
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BDDis…• Aconversa)onabouthowyouwantthesystemtoact,illustratedwithexamples
• Amee)ngofthemindsamongthestakeholdersandimplementers
ThesestakeholdersandimplementersareoPencalledtheThreeAmigosbecausetheyinclude• Abusinessrepresenta.ve• Aprogrammer• Atester
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BDDOutcomes
• CommonUnderstanding• Automa.cVerifica.on• DurableDocumenta.on
CommonUnderstanding
Automa)cVerifica)on
DurableDocumenta)on
BDD
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Feature:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Scenario:~~~~~~Given~~~~~~When~~~~~~Then~~~~~~~
Itstartswithanidea
DeliberateDiscovery
BytheThreeAmigos
UsingExampleMapping
Ask:“Isthiswhatyoumeant?”
Detailscenariosfortheexamples
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ExecutableDescrip.on
Documenttheintent
Guardagainstregressions
Modifybehaviorinten)onally
Remember,asLizKeoghsays…
Havingconversa.ons
ismoreimportantthancapturingconversa.ons
ismoreimportantthan
automa.ngconversa.ons
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Why?
You’reprogrammingandyoudiscoverthat
youdon’tknowhowthesystemshouldbehave
forsomesitua.on
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Planningmee.ngrunlongaspeoplediscuss
what’sinandwhat’snotinastorybeingconsidered
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You’reprogrammingandsomethingintherequirements
doesn’tmakesense
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You’reprogrammingandyoucaninterpret
somethingintherequirementstwoways,
butyoucan’tdoboth
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Youcodeafeatureandthetestersays
“That’snothowthisshouldwork!”
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Theprogrammerandtestergotalktothebusinessanalyst
tofindoutwhichoneisrightAndthey’reBOTHwrong.
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Youbuildsomefunc.onalityandthenfindoutthe
requirementswerewrong
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Yourrequirementsdocumentasksforfunc.onality
that’simpossibletocreate
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Someofthefunc.onalitythebusinesswanted
wasn’tspecifiedintherequirementsdocument
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You’retes.ngsomenewfunc.onality
withusersanddiscover
it’snotdoingwhatyouintendedtotest
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Finishedcodewashandedtotestersand
camebackforbugfixes
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Func.onalityyouwroteandcheckedthatitworked
isnowbroken
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Func.onalitythatwasdeliveredinapreviousreleasenowdoesn’twork
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Youupgradedalibraryorframeworkand
don’tknowwhateffectsthathasonyourapplica.on’sfunc.ons
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Tes.ngtakestoolongwhenyouneedtoshiparelease
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Youcan’ttellhowfaralongyouare
indevelopingthefunc.onalitythebusinesswants
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You’vefixedthesamebugmorethanonce
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You’veforgoDenhowafunc.onwriDenlastyear
works
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Thebusinessaskedyouwhatarethebusinessrules
foraspecificsitua.on
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Youthinkit’sgoingtobehard
togetstarteddoingBDD
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BasicBDDResources
• IntroducingBDD,byDanNorthhDp://dannorth.net/introducing-bdd/• Adescrip9onfrom2006ofthebeginningsand
essen9alsofBDD• ATDDvs.BDD,andapoDedhistoryofsome
relatedstuff,byLizKeoghhDp://lizkeogh.com/2011/06/27/atdd-vs-bdd-and-a-poDed-history-of-some-related-stuff/• BDDdescribedinthecontextofsomerelated
ideas
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