I want to apply BDD principles in my Python projects and have heard of Cucumber, but I’m not sure how to get started. What frameworks or practices work best for BDD in the Python ecosystem?
You can check out Behave. It’s the most popular BDD tool for Python and works a lot like Cucumber with .feature files. You define your scenarios in Gherkin and then write Python step implementations.
I’ve used it on multiple projects, and it’s super clean and encourages collaboration with non-developers.
There is also to keep in mind that If you like to keep everything within the Python ecosystem without writing Gherkin, consider pytest-bdd.
It integrates directly with pytest, so you can use all the goodies from pytest while following BDD style.
Great if you already have a pytest setup.
Hope this tip helps
Another route is using radish. It’s a lesser-known BDD tool for Python but gives you more advanced Gherkin syntax (like background steps or scenario loops).
I used it once when I needed more expressive BDD features—it did the job well.