Delivering Open Source Software Projects by Specification – BDD Debunked – BDD is Dead!
Delivering Open Source Software Projects by Specification – BDD Debunked – BDD is Dead!
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bdd-in-oss-presentation
A Presentation dealing with the use of BDD within the context of an OSS project.On Github marcoVermeulen / bdd-in-oss-presentation
Delivering Open Source Software Projects by Specification
About Me
Marco Vermeulen
Java Dev for 10 years
Groovy, Grails for half
Worked for Shazam, Associated Newspapers, Burberry
Currently: Consultant Equal Experts
Author of GVM (Groovy enVironment Manager)
Twitter: @marcoVermeulen
BDD Debunked
BDD is Dead!
Long Live BDD!
Let's Talk About BDD Babe!
BDD is Dead!
- Sad Orphan
- Marketing Hype
- Acceptance Tests only!
- Flavour of the Day
- Lost it's Salt
- Not sounding too good...
- but...
Long live BDD!
- Has so much to offer...
- Inspires Collaboration
- Helps Focus on True Requirements
- Yields Executable Specifications
- It's a lot fun!
- actually, Alive and Kicking!
Let's talk about BDD Babe...
What does BDD mean to you?
- Outside In
- Pull Based
- Multi-Stakeholder
- Multiple Scale
- High Automation
Open Source Software
The Pros
- It costs NOTHING
- Collaborative
- For the People, By the People
- Transparency
The Cons
- OSS Community is Fragmented
- Rarely Meets the Mark
- Over Engineered
- BDD can Alleviate most of these!
Behaviour Driven Development meets Open Source!
by Example
Problem Domain
- Ubuntu PPAs for Groovy and Grails
- Larger Audience (OSX, Cygwin, Linux, etc)
- Easy for Developers
- Find a Smarter Way of Working!
Involving the Community
- Blog Post
- Online Polls
- Got LOTS of response
The Project
Groovy enVironment Manager (GVM)
Manage multiple Java SDKs
Lite
Multi-platform
Enhanced by REST API
Broadcasts
Install: A one liner...
BDD in Action!
Wrote Specifications (Cukes!)
Presented to the Community (GitHub)
Used Social Media (Twitter, Github)
Discussions and Comments
Tweaked the Specifications
Implemented the Functionality
Release Early, Release Often
Some Challenges
OSS Community don't understand BDD
Educate Ignorant without losing them
Be open for change
Put your Pride in your Pocket
Know where to draw the line
Be Hardskinned
Final Words...
BDD...
- received a bad rap
- but will triumph
- applied to OSS is a winner
- addresses shortcomings of OSS
- a great Success Story in GVM!!