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Test-Driven Java Development

You're reading from   Test-Driven Java Development Invoke TDD principles for end-to-end application development with Java

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783987429
Length 284 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Why Should I Care for Test-driven Development? FREE CHAPTER 2. Tools, Frameworks, and Environments 3. Red-Green-Refactor – from Failure through Success until Perfection 4. Unit Testing – Focusing on What You Do and Not on What Has Been Done 5. Design – If It's Not Testable, It's Not Designed Well 6. Mocking – Removing External Dependencies 7. BDD – Working Together with the Whole Team 8. Refactoring Legacy Code – Making it Young Again 9. Feature Toggles – Deploying Partially Done Features to Production 10. Putting It All Together Index

Behavior-driven development


BDD is an agile process designed to keep the focus on stakeholder value throughout the whole project. It is a form of TDD. Specifications are defined in advance, the implementation is done according to those specifications, and they are run periodically to validate the outcome. Besides those similarities, there are a few differences as well. Unlike in TDD, which is based on unit tests, BDD encourages us to write multiple specifications (called scenarios) before starting the implementation (coding). Even though there is no specific rule, BDD tends to levitate towards higher-level functional requirements. While it can be employed at a unit level as well, the real benefits are obtained when taking a higher approach that can be written and understood by everyone. The audience is another difference: BDD tries to empower everyone (coders, testers, managers, end users, business representatives, and so on). While TDD, which is based on unit level, can be described as...

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