Behavior-driven development (BDD) is an agile software development approach in which an application is defined and designed around the actions that a user expects to encounter while communicating with it. Through motivating developers to concentrate only on an app or program’s requested behaviors, BDD helps avoid bloat, repetitive code, redundant functionality, or lack of focus. This approach incorporates, improves, and refines the methods used in test-driven growth (TDD) and testing for acceptance. A typical project that uses behavior-driven development would start with a conversation between developers, managers, and customers to give an overall picture of how a product is intended to work. The standards for the actions of the product are then set as targets for the developers, and after all the action checks have been passed the product has met its requirements and is ready for distribution to the consumer. BDD provides the opportunity to expand the data and feedback pool to include market partners and end-users that may have little knowledge of software development. BDD can be used more readily in continuous integration and continuous delivery environments due to this extended feedback loop. How behavior-driven development works Behavior-driven engineering revolves around performing behavior-specific experiments, or functional requirements detailing relevant interactive scenarios. Once a project begins, when a product is in production and when a product is finished, behavior-specific evaluations can be performed. BDD requires at least that the behavioral assessments (similar to unit assessments) should be generated before production begins. Before development starts, all behavioral assessments will fail but the assessments will continue to succeed as product development progresses. Once all the conduct tests are considered to be passing, the product is ready. Benefits of BDD If you intend to incorporate BDD, here are a few points for the tech team to gain from. You don’t define check anymore, you define behavior. Better contact between developers, testers, and proprietors of products. The learning curve would be much shorter as BDD is explained using common words. It can enter a broader audience as being non-technical. Before production, the behavioral approach establishes conditions for acceptance. Drawbacks of BDD Even the best solutions to growth may have pitfalls and BDD is no exception. Some of them include: Prior TDD experience is required to work in BDD. BDD is inconsistent with the approach to waterfalls. If the specifications are not defined properly, then BDD will not be successful. Testers using BDD must have ample technical know-how.