BDD

Definitions

1. BDD is behavior-driven development, a testing and collaboration style centered on executable behavior examples. It is commonly used for turning user scenarios into shared specifications, where teams need predictable behavior under real workloads rather than toy examples. Practitioners pay attention to clarity, maintenance overhead, and test realism, because those factors usually determine whether the approach improves quality, latency, reliability, or operating cost in production.

   In plain English: BDD is a software engineering concept that helps developers structure code, run systems, or debug behavior more reliably in real projects.

   Example: "We standardized on BDD in this service because the old approach was fragile under load; the new implementation reduced operational surprises and made the codebase easier for the next engineer to reason about."

Related Terms

• Code Coverage
• Test-Driven Development
• Unit Testing
• Mutation Testing
• Shift Left
• Acceptance Testing
• Assertion
• Benchmark Suite
• Breakpoint
• Code Review Bot
• Code Quality
• Engineering Standards