BDD Lessons Learnedby Dave Haeffner
Monday, July 1, 13
Background & Primer
Monday, July 1, 13
• Cucumber
• Specification Workshops
• Selenium
• Continuous Integration
• A rabbit
Potent potables
Monday, July 1, 13
circa 2012/2013-ish BDD Implementation
Monday, July 1, 13
circa 2012/2013-ish
Introduced Gherkin
Sold it, & coached it
BDD Implementation
Monday, July 1, 13
circa 2012/2013-ish
ID’d, autom., and
demoed key
scenarios
Introduced Gherkin
Sold it, & coached it
BDD Implementation
Monday, July 1, 13
circa 2012/2013-ish
ID’d, autom., and
demoed key
scenarios
Introduced Gherkin
Sold it, & coached it
Dev interest &
CI
Vacation
BDD Implementation
Monday, July 1, 13
circa 2012/2013-ish
ID’d, autom., and
demoed key
scenarios
Introduced Gherkin
Sold it, & coached it
Dev interest &
CI
Vacation
BDD Implementation
Shambles & Initial RecoveryGross gherkin, no new autom, & busted CI
CI notifications, standardized gherkin process
Monday, July 1, 13
circa 2012/2013-ish
ID’d, autom., and
demoed key
scenarios
Introduced Gherkin
Sold it, & coached it
Dev interest &
CI
Vacation
BDD Implementation
Shambles & Initial RecoveryGross gherkin, no new autom, & busted CI
CI notifications, standardized gherkin process
Churn
Monday, July 1, 13
circa 2012/2013-ish
ID’d, autom., and
demoed key
scenarios
Introduced Gherkin
Sold it, & coached it
Dev interest &
CI
Vacation
BDD Implementation
Shambles & Initial RecoveryGross gherkin, no new autom, & busted CI
CI notifications, standardized gherkin process
Churn
Churn
Monday, July 1, 13
circa 2012/2013-ish
ID’d, autom., and
demoed key
scenarios
Introduced Gherkin
Sold it, & coached it
Dev interest &
CI
Vacation
BDD Implementation
Shambles & Initial RecoveryGross gherkin, no new autom, & busted CI
CI notifications, standardized gherkin process
Churn
Churn
Autom. & demo of critical funct.
Monday, July 1, 13
circa 2012/2013-ish
ID’d, autom., and
demoed key
scenarios
Introduced Gherkin
Sold it, & coached it
Dev interest &
CI
Vacation
BDD Implementation
Shambles & Initial RecoveryGross gherkin, no new autom, & busted CI
CI notifications, standardized gherkin process
Churn
Churn
Autom. & demo of critical funct.
Renewed Dev
interest in automation
Monday, July 1, 13
circa 2012/2013-ish
ID’d, autom., and
demoed key
scenarios
Introduced Gherkin
Sold it, & coached it
Dev interest &
CI
Vacation
BDD Implementation
Shambles & Initial RecoveryGross gherkin, no new autom, & busted CI
CI notifications, standardized gherkin process
Churn
Churn
Autom. & demo of critical funct.
Renewed Dev
interest in automation
Building Blocks
Monday, July 1, 13
circa 2012/2013-ish
ID’d, autom., and
demoed key
scenarios
Introduced Gherkin
Sold it, & coached it
Dev interest &
CI
Vacation
BDD Implementation
Shambles & Initial RecoveryGross gherkin, no new autom, & busted CI
CI notifications, standardized gherkin process
Churn
Churn
Autom. & demo of critical funct.
Renewed Dev
interest in automation
Building Blocks
Training
Monday, July 1, 13
circa 2012/2013-ish
ID’d, autom., and
demoed key
scenarios
Introduced Gherkin
Sold it, & coached it
Dev interest &
CI
Vacation
BDD Implementation
Shambles & Initial RecoveryGross gherkin, no new autom, & busted CI
CI notifications, standardized gherkin process
Churn
Churn
Autom. & demo of critical funct.
Renewed Dev
interest in automation
Building Blocks
Training
Prod. like env’s & Spec.
Workshops
Monday, July 1, 13
circa 2012/2013-ish
ID’d, autom., and
demoed key
scenarios
Introduced Gherkin
Sold it, & coached it
Dev interest &
CI
Vacation
BDD Implementation
Shambles & Initial RecoveryGross gherkin, no new autom, & busted CI
CI notifications, standardized gherkin process
Churn
Churn
Autom. & demo of critical funct.
Renewed Dev
interest in automation
Building Blocks
Training
Prod. like env’s & Spec.
Workshops
Staggered automation
Monday, July 1, 13
circa 2012/2013-ish
ID’d, autom., and
demoed key
scenarios
Introduced Gherkin
Sold it, & coached it
Dev interest &
CI
Vacation
BDD Implementation
Shambles & Initial RecoveryGross gherkin, no new autom, & busted CI
CI notifications, standardized gherkin process
Churn
Churn
Autom. & demo of critical funct.
Renewed Dev
interest in automation
Building Blocks
Training
Prod. like env’s & Spec.
Workshops
Staggered automation
Churn
Monday, July 1, 13
circa 2012/2013-ish
ID’d, autom., and
demoed key
scenarios
Introduced Gherkin
Sold it, & coached it
Dev interest &
CI
Vacation
BDD Implementation
Shambles & Initial RecoveryGross gherkin, no new autom, & busted CI
CI notifications, standardized gherkin process
Churn
Churn
Autom. & demo of critical funct.
Renewed Dev
interest in automation
Building Blocks
Training
Prod. like env’s & Spec.
Workshops
Staggered automation
Churn
Cross-browser testing implem.
Monday, July 1, 13
Some good questions to ask yourself
Monday, July 1, 13
• How often does it need to be checked (e.g. how often does it change)?
• How long does it take to test manually?
• How valuable is it (e.g. core functionality that is used heavily by our users, used by a prominent user group, legal or political, etc.)?
• How risky is the feature (e.g. fundamental back-end changes, complex architecture, large user facing impact)?
• What is the level of effort to automate (S, M, L, XL)?
• Does it involve look and feel?
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• Where does the business logic live?
• How is it architected?
• What kind of test coverage exists already?
Monday, July 1, 13
BDD Lessons Learned
• Writing good gherkin is difficult
• If you plan to change behavior, change one thing at a time
• Top down doesn’t matter as much as bottom up
• Ask good questions
Monday, July 1, 13
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