What is Behavior-Driven Development?

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What is Behavior-Driven Development?

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Hi Toby,

Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) is an Agile software development approach that emphasizes the expected behavior of an application from the user’s perspective. It aims to bridge the gap between business stakeholders, developers, and quality assurance (QA) professionals by focusing on:

  • Collaboration: BDD encourages everyone involved in the project to work together to define the desired behavior of the application through conversations and concrete examples.
  • Shared understanding: Instead of technical jargon, BDD uses natural language and scenarios to describe the application’s behavior, ensuring everyone is on the same page.
  • Executable specifications: The scenarios are then translated into executable tests that automatically verify if the application behaves as expected.

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