Speaker: Andrew Knight

Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) is gaining popularity as an improved way to collaborate over product features and tests. In Python, *behave* is one of the leading BDD test frameworks. Using **behave**, teams write Gherkin behavior scenarios (e.g., tests) in plain language, and then programmers write Python code to automate the steps. BDD testing is great because tests are self-documenting and steps abide by the DRY principle. An example test could be:

Given the DuckDuckGo home page is displayed
When the user searches the phrase "Python"
Then search results for "Python" are shown

This talk will teach how to use *behave* to develop well-designed test scenarios and a robust automation framework. It will focus on the layers of the behave framework: feature files, step definitions, support classes, and config files. A full example project will be hosted on GitHub for audience members to reference after the talk.



Slides can be found at: speakerdeck.com/pycon2018 and github.com/PyCon/2018-slides