Aslak’s view of BDD, Cucumber and automated testing

This is a quote from Aslak Hellesoy on the Cukes Google group.

“Even on this list, the majority of people seem to think that Cucumber == Automated Tests == BDD, which is WRONG.

What people need to understand is:

Cucumber is a tool for BDD
Cucumber is a tool for Specification By Example
Specification By Example is just a better name for BDD
Specification By Example / BDD means examples (Scenarios) are written *before* implementation
Specification By Example should happen iteratively, in collaboration with non-technical stakeholders
Automated Tests are a by-product of Specification By Example
Writing Automated Tests does *not* imply you’re doing Specification By Example
Using Cucumber for Automated Tests without doing Specification By Example is stupid
Cucumber is not a tool for Automated Testing, it’s a tool for Collaborative, Executable Specifications”

Aslak Hellesoy – 12th December 2013

Cukes Google Group

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