The BDD Books: Formulation

The BDD Books: Formulation

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  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Gáspár Nagy
  • ISBN：B093NCN3FZ
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Summary

What do good scenarios using the Given/When/Then-based format called Gherkin look like？ Good scenarios can illustrate requirements， serve as documentation of detailed decisions， and be used as automated tests that are easy to maintain。 The Gherkin format is supported by many BDD tools， including the different flavors of Cucumber， Behat or SpecFlow， but the ideas described in the book are also suitable for other BDD tools， like JBehave or Robot Framework。

This book is written for everyone involved in the specification and delivery of software: product owners， business analysts， developers， and testers。

This is the second in the BDD Books series that will guide you through the entire development process， including specific technical practices needed to successfully drive development using collaboratively-authored specifications and living documentation。

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Reviews

Thierry de Pauw ，

This is the first book I ever read on BDD and I enjoyed it very much。It is brief， concise， full of practical advice， patterns and anti-patterns on BDD scenarios。 You get a good description of how formulation should work。 Alongside， it provides a good， succinct overview of the Gherkin language with advice on how to use the different keywords。 And also which keywords you should avoid using。A mix of narrative and team conversations is used to achieve this， which makes it an easy， enjoyable read。 It This is the first book I ever read on BDD and I enjoyed it very much。It is brief， concise， full of practical advice， patterns and anti-patterns on BDD scenarios。 You get a good description of how formulation should work。 Alongside， it provides a good， succinct overview of the Gherkin language with advice on how to use the different keywords。 And also which keywords you should avoid using。A mix of narrative and team conversations is used to achieve this， which makes it an easy， enjoyable read。 It reminds me of Kent Beck's TDD by Example。A lot of emphases is made on achieving living documentation about the features of a software product。 The readability and maintainability of the scenarios are stressed along with the book。I would say this is a must-read for anyone willing to start with BDD to avoid making classic mistakes。 I had quite some a-ha moments。 It made me understand the mistakes I've made in the past。Although the book advises you should first read BDD Books: Discovery， I already had quite some learnings on that subject too。 。。。more

Ivan Burda ，

Teaches BDD Formulation， serves as a reference manual - a great book in all respectsReview summary:I recommend the "Formulation" book to everyone who wants to understand how to do Formulation， the second step of Behaviour Driven Development。 The chapters are short and well structured， the message is clear， easy to understand and accompanied by fitting illustrations。 A great plus is that the book is completely free of any exaggeration， or annoying self-marketing， so it stays short enough to be a Teaches BDD Formulation， serves as a reference manual - a great book in all respectsReview summary:I recommend the "Formulation" book to everyone who wants to understand how to do Formulation， the second step of Behaviour Driven Development。 The chapters are short and well structured， the message is clear， easy to understand and accompanied by fitting illustrations。 A great plus is that the book is completely free of any exaggeration， or annoying self-marketing， so it stays short enough to be a weekend read。 Nevertheless， you will find yourself getting back to it as a handy reference manual and a source of inspiration on your BDD journey。Details: I work as an analyst in a team developing online banking for banks in several countries of the CEE region。 For the first time I heard about Behaviour Driven Development in 2017 when we wanted to innovate and improve our way of working。 My original understanding of BDD was wrong - I thought it was a tool for writing tests in the Given/When/Then format。 The concept of BDD is simple， yet not easy。 Fortunately， I managed to realise my misunderstanding rather fast and to a large extent it was thanks to Gaspar Nagy and Seb Rose who I met at the Craft Conference in Budapest， 2018。 At that conference I got their back then just released "Discovery" book and I would not be able to count how many times I have recommended it to other people since that moment on。 The "Discovery" book needed just 100 pages to explain the most essential part of BDD。 When people finish reading "Discovery"， they start asking: "Can I read a similar book on the Formulation？"Seb and Gaspar have taken their time to make sure they would deliver again。 It took them 3 years to write the "Formulation" book， yet I have followed their progress on Leanpub where they have published a beta version and constantly iterated on it until today when we have the polished result of their painstaking efforts。Since the first version of "Formulation" was published， I have used the book not only to teach myself do formulation correctly， but also as an indispensable reference manual on the Gherkin syntax， structuring Given/When/Then scenarios， organising project files etc。I appreciate that the authors again took the same approach they used in the "Discovery" book and they teach formulation by showing an imaginary team using it。 This reads like a story where you see the delivery team members making mistakes， asking questions， and considering various options - like any of us do in everyday life。I also like the side notes in form of "Gaspar's story" and "Seb's story" in which the authors share their reflections on situations from past projects， and bring this way the book closer to the reality。Every chapter is also concluded with a brief summary of what we have just learned in it - when reading the book， I read this summary first to know what exactly the chapter was about。 I recommend the "Formulation" book to everyone who wants to learn how to do Formulation， the second step of BDD。 The book goes straight to the point， it is well structured into short chapters， contains fitting illustrations， and since it is completely free of any exaggeration or stupid self-marketing， it stays short enough to be a weekend read。 Though， trust me， you are going to go back to it again and again。 I have read an electronic version of the book on a 10" tablet， so nothing to complain here about， because this easily enables me to highlight， take nots， zoom illustrations， and refer to it anytime I need。I cannot find drawback to mention about the "Formulation" book。 Maybe just a wish - I have not seen the paperback version yet， however， remembering what the "Discovery" book was like， I think colour printing would be certainly a recommendable enhancement， especially for some of the images accompanying the text。 。。。more

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