Category Archives: bdd

Crazy like a fox.

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Liz

At my current client, everyone loves BDD, and everyone starts their tests with the word ‘should’, describing the behaviour of the associated class. I’m currently looking at this code: public class PrimaryMixingIteratorTest extends EasyMockObjectTestBase{ public void testShouldIterateLikeAFox() throws Exception { … Continue reading →

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BDD, Regression Testing and some feature requests

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Liz

We write scenarios to help us know when we’re done… not I’ve been quite happily espousing the idea that we write scenarios in order to help us (devs) know when we’re done, which helps drive our design, and everything else … Continue reading →

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BDD – TDD done well?

Posted on June 13, 2007 by Liz

Someone on the XP thread suggested, “BDD is just TDD done well with different words.” Here’s my take. An application is the end-product, and the value of the application is delivered through its behaviour, as perceived through its user interface. … Continue reading →

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OO acceptance tests (or behaviour)

Posted on August 18, 2005 by Liz

I’m sure this can’t be original – most of it has come about from talking to my colleagues, or is nicked from the way JBehave works and my attempts to use it – but I wanted to write it down … Continue reading →

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