Book description
Writing Great Specifications is an example-rich tutorial that teaches you how to write good Gherkin specification documents that take advantage of the benefits of specification by example.
About the Technology
The clearest way to communicate a software specification is to provide examples of how it should work. Turning these story-based descriptions into a well-organized dev plan is another matter. Gherkin is a human-friendly, jargon-free language for documenting a suite of examples as an executable specification. It fosters efficient collaboration between business and dev teams, and it's an excellent foundation for the specification by example (SBE) process.
About the Book
Writing Great Specifications teaches you how to capture executable software designs in Gherkin following the SBE method. Written for both developers and non-technical team members, this practical book starts with collecting individual feature stories and organizing them into a full, testable spec. You'll learn to choose the best scenarios, write them in a way that anyone can understand, and ensure they can be easily updated by anyone.
What's Inside
- Reading and writing Gherkin
- Designing story-based test cases
- Team Collaboration
- Managing a suite of Gherkin documents
About the Reader
Primarily written for developers and architects, this book is accessible to any member of a software design team.
About the Author
Kamil Nicieja is a seasoned engineer, architect, and project manager with deep expertise in Gherkin and SBE.
Quotes
Does a great job taking concepts from good architectural practices and applying them to the world of collaborative specifications.
- From the Foreword by Gojko Adzic, author of Specification by Example
The missing manual for writing great specifications. I wish this book had existed five years ago!
- Craig Smith, Unbound DNA
Will jolt you into best practices, give you fresh perspectives, and reinvigorate your commitment to this business-critical skill.
- Dane Balia, Hetzner
The complete book on how to write great specifications. Most of us know bits and pieces, but to truly grok it, you need this excellent guide.
- Kumar Unnikrishnan, Thomson Reuters
Publisher resources
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Brief Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About this Book
- About the Cover
- Chapter 1. Introduction to specification by example and Gherkin
- Part 1. Writing executable specifications with examples
- Part 2. Managing specification suites
- Appendix. Executing specifications with Cucumber
- A complete list of Gherkin keywords and their synonyms
- Best practices in the book
- Index
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Listings
Product information
- Title: Writing Great Specifications
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2017
- Publisher(s): Manning Publications
- ISBN: 9781617294105
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