TDD BDD Which One Do We Prefer |
Posted: December 28, 2017 |
In order to keep ourselves updated with the latest software development practices, we ought to choose between the Test-driven development (TDD) and Behavior-driven development (BDD). This blog post is meant to explain what TDD/BDD mean, the steps followed in each of them, the preferred one and the reason for it? Test Driven Development (TDD) TDD is a one of the best software development techniques which involves writing the automated test cases before writing functional pieces of the code. This technique is popular in agile methodologies as it drives, delivering a shippable product at the end of a sprint. It is also considered as a programming technique. The main aim of TDD is to write clean code that works. Decked is the set sequence of steps that is generally followed: 1. Write Test Case: In the beginning, the developer, based on requirement documents, starts creating automated test cases. 2. Run all tests and see if the new one fails: Development team runs these automated test scripts against what is currently developed and lists the failed test cases. There are various numbers of failed test cases as none of the features have been implemented yet. You can check out [Agile Testing: A Faster Approach to Achieve Quality] Behavior Driven Development (BDD) BDD is also one of the software development techniques which involves writing user behavior and specification before writing test automation scripts or the functional pieces of code. Behavior-driven development focuses on the business behaviors your code is implemented. The Agile product owner or a business analyst sit together and write pending specifications in a plain text. The business person specifies behaviors they want to see in the system.
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