BDD Crash Course for Testers (QA Fest Kiev, 31/10/2015)

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Session Abstract: I'm a developer. Similarly to other developers, I like dealing with technologies, architectures and solutions. I also like thinking about ways how to do this better and better. 2009 was the first time I encountered behavior driven development (BDD) -- as a tool to extend our agile development process to the entire project, including testers and product owners. BDD works like a glue that connects and reinforces agile methods you already use, making one plus one more than two. BDD is still often regarded as a developer tool, so in this session, I would like to explain why Testers should care about BDD: What it is good for? What benefits you might expect? What is the role and responsibility of a tester in a BDD process? What is Gherkin and why do we care about vegetables at all?

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BDD Crash Course for Testers
Gaspar Nagy
coach • trainer • bdd addict • creator of specflow
@gasparnagy • gaspar@specsolutions.eu
QA Fest Kiev • 31/10/2015

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BDD?
BDD is a second-generation,
outside-in, pull-based, multiple-
stakeholder, multiple-scale, high-
automation, agile methodology.
It describes a cycle of interactions
with well-defined outputs, resulting
in the delivery of working, tested
software that matters.
Dan North, Agile Testing, Specifications and BDD Exchange 2009

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BDD
Behavior Driven
Development
TDD
Test Driven
Development
DDD
Domain Driven Design
ATDD
Acceptance Test
Driven Development
User Stories
Specification
by Example
Definition of
Done
Outside-In
Development
DSL
Domain Specific
Language

My Story
Agile
Engineering
(XP, TDD,
pairing)
Agile
Project
Mgmt.
(Scrum, Kanban)
Agile
Requirement
Analysis
(User Story,
Acceptance
Criteria)
Agile
Testing
(bug prevention,
exploratory
testing, context-
driven)

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Requirements vs. Tests
As formality increases, tests and
requirements become indistinguishable.
At the limit, tests and requirements are
equivalent.
Equivalence Hypothesis (Martin, Melnik)
Pic: Martin/Melnik: Requirements and Tests

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Specification-By-Example
Example Tests
Specifications
consist of
describe validate fulfillment
Source: Gojko Adzic – Bridging the Communication Gap

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BDD
BDD =
Product Ownership +
Collaboration +
Automation
on the product
of requirements
real

Team Foundation Server Version Control
TeamFoundation Server Workitems
SpecLog
Story Maps
Product
Backlog
Sprint
Backlog
Task Board
SpecFlow Scenarios
Test-
auto-
mation
Product
Living
Documen-
tation
Our Process
Source: TechTalk (www.techtalk.at)

Planning a story with acceptance
criteria
“Imagine this story is
already implemented:
How would you verify
it?”
“I would try to put a book
into the shopping cart …”
“I would try to remove a
book from the shopping
cart…”
“I’d check whether the shopping
cart is empty, when I enter the
shop …”
Shopping cart should be
empty when entering the
shop
Source: TechTalk (www.techtalk.at)

Gherkin Scenarios
Scenario: Books can be added to the shopping basket
Given the following books
|Author |Title |
|Martin Fowler |Analysis Patterns |
|Gojko Adzic |Bridging the Communication Gap |
And my shopping basket is empty
When I add the book “Analysis Patterns” to my shopping basket
Then my shopping basket should contain 1 copy of “Analysis Patterns”

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DEMO
SpecFlow in
Action

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Test automation is hard

Approach and Landing Tests
Source: https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Approach_and_Landing_Tests

An example of using stubs…
Source: https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Approach_and_Landing_Tests

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Test-first thinking in designing
complex applications helps a lot for
test automation efficiency

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Test-first is hard
• When we exploring new areas/technologies
• When we need to work with legacy systems
• When …
But this should not be an excuse but a source of
inspiration!

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SpecFlow
Course
Kiev
9-11 November

Thank you!
See you at on scrummaster.com.ua's booth!
Gaspar Nagy
coach • trainer • bdd addict • creator of specflow
@gasparnagy • gaspar@specsolutions.eu

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