Writing Great Specifications: Using Specification by Example and Gherkin - Softcover

Nicieja, Kamil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1617294101 ISBN 13: 9781617294105

Publisher: Manning Publications, 2017

Synopsis

Specification by Example and Gherkin offer programmers, designers, and managers an inclusive environment for clear communication, discovering requirements, and building a documentation system.

 

Writing Great Specifications is an example-rich tutorial that teaches readers how to write good Gherkin specification documents that take advantage of Specification by Example’s benefits. Engineers and testers will find it helpful in striking a stronger chord with nontechnical audiences through automated specifications.

 

Key Features:

·    Teaches good practices to refactor Gherkin documents in legacy projects

·    Example-rich tutorial

·    In-depth introduction

 

This book is a teaching resource for product and design people, programmers and testers.

 

About the Technology:  

Specification by Example is a collaborative approach to defining and illustrating software requirements using concrete examples. Gherkin is a business-readable DSL that you use to describe software’s behaviour as executable test cases that are easy for non-technical folks to understand.

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About the Authors

Kamil Nicieja began his career as an engineer, then moved to product management. He is now running his own startup. Because of Kamil's experience, he knows Specification by Example's benefits, both in development and in business.

Kamil Nicieja began his career as an engineer, then moved to product management. He is now running his own startup. Because of Kamil's experience, he knows Specification by Example's benefits, both in development and in business.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manning Publications
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1617294101
• ISBN 13: 9781617294105
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 250