The Cucumber for Java Book

Part 1Cucumber Fundamentals

In this first part of the book, we start by talking about behaviour-driven development (BDD) and why organizations all over the world find it helps them deliver more value to their customers. There will be a few simple examples to introduce you to how Cucumber helps teams work in a behavior-driven way, but nothing too technical. In fact, this part of the book is ideal for the whole team—including product owners, managers, designers, and customers.

It’s important to understand that BDD is not a “silver bullet” solution, so we’ll also spend some time looking at how things can go wrong. We’ve seen BDD help all sorts of organizations and, once you’re able to recognize (and correct) the common symptoms that teams new ...