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A friend of mine has a Far Side desk calendar that he describes it as a barometer for how busy he is. Some days he finds himself tearing off a whole bunch of pages because he’s been too busy or...
View ArticleRSpec book in beta
It’s finally happening – I’m writing a book! Well ok, the remarkable David Chelimsky is writing a book. It’s called Behaviour Driven Development with RSpec, Cucumber and Friends and myself and a few...
View ArticleWelcome to my brain
I’m delighted to be taking part in a In the brain of… session organised by the folks at SkillsMatter. When the SkillsMatter folks actually checked inside my brain and heard the rattling noise, they...
View ArticleIntroducing BDD in Japanese
I am delighted to announce the official Japanese translation of Introducing BDD. It’s easy to forget how big the Internet is and how small the world can be. Last year I gave a BDD talk at QCon in San...
View ArticleNew translations
I currently have a backlog of about 15 blog articles I am failing to finish. The most embarrassingly laggy one dates from around the end of 2007. Now I know I’m a slacker. However, others have been far...
View ArticleWhose domain is it anyway?
The brittleness of tests or specs is a recurring topic in BDD (or acceptance test-driven development, specification-by-example, or whatever you choose to call the thing where you write acceptance...
View ArticleLooking back on 2011
It’s November, and it seems I haven’t posted anything here since January. Partly that’s because I have a Proper Job™ these days, which means I spend a lot less time writing and blogging. Partly I’ve...
View ArticleBDD is like TDD if…
I’ve noticed a number of people recently declaring that BDD really is just TDD, such as Robert Martin on Twitter and Ron Jeffries on the XP list. I can understand where this mindset comes from and I’d...
View ArticleCapturing the narrative
A question came up on the BDD list recently, and based on feedback I thought it would be useful to post my answer to a wider audience. Someone asked: What artifacts do folks normally use to capture the...
View ArticleBDD by example
tl;dr: Send us your examples of real world BDD. Read on to find out why. The panel “What is BDD?” “How can I tell if I’m ‘doing BDD right’? Or wrong? Is there even such a thing?” “Where should I...
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