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Behavior-driven development
Behavior-driven development (BDD) is an agile software development method centered around collaboration between business and IT professionals that have a stake in finding a solution for a complex problem. The core objective is to achieve a shared understanding of the problem. BDD involves use of a domain-specific language (DSL) using natural-language constructs (e.g., English-like sentences) that can express the behavior and the expected outcomes. BDD encourages collaboration among developers, quality assurance experts, and customer representatives in a software project. It encourages teams to use conversation and concrete examples to formalize a shared understanding of how the application should behave. BDD is considered an effective practice especially when the problem space is complex. A common misconception regarding BDD is that it supposedly is a refinement of test-driven development (TDD). While it was originally derived from TDD practices, the sole purpose of BDD is to gain a shared understanding of the problem space and find a way to write this down in a Business Language, using Real data, whilst being Intention revealing, Essential and Focused (BRIEF).…
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Behavior-driven development (BDD) is an agile software development method centered around collaboration between business and IT professionals that have a stake in finding a solution for a complex problem. The core objective is to achieve a shared understanding of the problem. BDD involves use of a domain-specific language (DSL) using natural-language constructs (e.g., English-like sentences) that can express the behavior and the expected outcomes. BDD encourages collaboration among developers, quality assurance experts, and customer representatives in a software project. It encourages teams to use conversation and concrete examples to formalize a shared understanding of how the application should behave. BDD is considered an effective practice especially when the problem space is complex. A common misconception regarding BDD is that it supposedly is a refinement of test-driven development (TDD). While it was originally derived from TDD practices, the sole purpose of BDD is to gain a shared understanding of the problem space and find a way to write this down in a Business Language, using Real data, whilst being Intention revealing, Essential and Focused (BRIEF).…
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