BDD, SpecFlow and Gherkin all together [closed]

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I have heard of BDD (Behavior Driven Development) just recently, and I liked the idea. since I work mainly with C# and .NET, I found SpecFlow, then learned that SpecFlow uses Gherkin and now I feel lost. Where do you find official documentation that tells you everything you need to know about SpecFlow, the same for Gherkin.

In short: is there a book (not blogs and articles) about developing real life (practical) applications using these tools?

Answer 1

The official documentation is available on github: https://github.com/techtalk/SpecFlow/wiki/Documentation

Gherkin documentation: https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber/wiki/Gherkin

Answer 2

Not sure if there are many books out there that covers this. The book: Pro Agile .NET development with SCRUM does cover BDD in one of their chapters.

• http://www.amazon.com/Agile-Development-SCRUM-Professional-Apress/dp/1430235330

Personally I have learnt about it through the following articles/ videos:

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg490346.aspx
• http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/mvcConf/mvcConf-2-Brandom-Satrom-BDD-in-ASPNET-MVC-using-SpecFlow-WatiN-and-WatiN-Test-Helpers
• http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/82891/BDD-using-SpecFlow-on-ASP-NET-MVC-Application
• http://blog.stevensanderson.com/2010/03/03/behavior-driven-development-bdd-with-specflow-and-aspnet-mvc/

Answer 3

I can highly recommend The Cucumber Book (http://pragprog.com/book/hwcuc/the-cucumber-book).

It's not about C# and SpecFlow but all concepts applies. Loved it