Introduction to Agile Behavior Driven Development (BDD)

Event Description:

This month's APLN DC Chapter topic is an introduction to Agile Behavior Driven Development.  In this presentation, we will look at what Agile Behavior Driven Development (BDD) is, how it is an evolutionary result of Test Driven Development (TDD), and how it shifts the traditional testing vocabulary from being test-based to behavior-based.  From a manager's perspective, we will investigate how BDD facilitates a stronger bridge between stakeholders and development by using a common vocabulary; plus, we will also discuss how this subtle shift in thinking assists in writing behavior classes first, which is the ultimate goal of TDD-style thinking in the first place.

Speaker Bio:

Andrew Glover is the President of Stelligent Incorporated, which helps companies address software quality with effective developer testing strategies and continuous integration techniques that enable teams to monitor code quality early and often.

Andrew was the founder of Vanward Technologies, which was acquired by JNetDirect in 2005. He is the co-author of Addison Wesley's "Continuous Integration", Manning's "Groovy in Action" and "Java Testing Patterns". He is an author for multiple online publications including IBM's developerWorks, InfoQ.com, and Oreilly's ONJava, Dev2Dev and ONLamp portals. He actively blogs about software development at thediscoblog.com and testearly.com.