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Effective Behavior-Driven Development (Manning)

Effective Behavior-Driven Development is a guide for BDD as it works today. It captures the latest approaches, automation patterns, and tools of modern BDD. The book is divided into three parts, each covering one of the key practices of BDD—Discovery, Formulation, and Automation.

Gáspár Nagy & Sebastian Rose

The early access edition of Effective Behavior-Driven Development is now available. This book focuses on one of the most practical challenges in software engineering: building the right software, the right way.

Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) bridges the gap between users, business stakeholders, and developers by turning shared understanding into clear, testable behaviors. Rather than relying on vague requirements, BDD encourages teams to collaborate through structured conversations and concrete examples that directly shape both code and tests.

What you’ll learn

  • How to apply the full BDD workflow, from discovery to automation

  • Techniques for capturing real-world examples as testable specifications

  • How to run effective Example Mapping workshops that create shared understanding

  • Writing living business documentation that evolves with your software

  • Proven patterns for maintainable automation and test design

Why it matters

BDD isn’t just about testing—it’s about communication. By using plain language and everyday business terms, teams can describe how software should behave in a way that everyone understands. The result is fewer misunderstandings, fewer surprises during delivery, and a workflow that keeps documentation and tests aligned with the product as it evolves.

About the book

Effective Behavior-Driven Development presents BDD as it’s practiced today, incorporating the latest tools, patterns, and techniques. It’s organized around BDD’s three key practices:

  • Discovery: Structured collaboration that builds shared understanding around business rules and examples.

  • Formulation: Turning those examples into clear, business-friendly descriptions of system behavior.

  • Automation: Creating maintainable, “living” documentation that supports continuous testing and reliable change.

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jkdiaz

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Nice. @ManningBooks Any plans to release books on Event Modeling/EventSourcing? :slight_smile:

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adamaiken89

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I recently think how good MCP playwright with agent mode can do a better job on BDD for nontechnical people.

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This one covers event processing: Grokking Streaming Systems - Josh Fischer and Ning Wang

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