BDD - a test-first development approach

Just like TDD, BDD also insists on following a test-first development approach. Hence, in this section, let's explore how we could write an end-to-end feature following a test-first development approach the BDD way!

Let's take a simple example that helps us understand the BDD style of coding. We will write an RPNCalculator application that does addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and complex math expressions that involve many math operations in the same input.

Let's create our project folder structure as per Cucumber standards:

mkdir RPNCalculatorcd RPNCalculatorcucumber --inittreemkdir srctree

The following screenshot demonstrates the procedure visually:

Great! The folder structure is ...

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