ICALEPCS2023 - List of Authors (Allan, V.L.)

Paper	Title	Page
MO4BCO01	Using BDD Testing in SKAO: Challenges and Opportunities	183
	V.L. Allan University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom G. Brajnik IDS, Udine, Italy L.R. Brederode SKAO, Macclesfield, United Kingdom
	Defining what a system should do is one of the hardest parts of system design. Using Behaviour Driven Design (BDD) techniques can help, and also help define the tests needed to check that the desired behaviour is implemented. We describe the challenges and opportunities that arise when adopting these techniques, including both technical and social issues, and especially why in our case BDD techniques provide significant value. We present our pathway towards using BDD and the lessons learned. By trying to use BDD testing to run integration tests, it enabled the identification of gaps in the testing infrastructure, particularly the TANGO testing infrastructure, and gaps in developers’ understanding of the system design. This allowed SKAO to take steps to improve the tests, the infrastructure, and the design, by integrating BDD techniques into the full product development lifecycle and using them also for monitoring the development process and the quality of software products.
	Slides MO4BCO01 [1.496 MB]
DOI •	reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-MO4BCO01
About •	Received ※ 06 October 2023 — Revised ※ 10 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 14 November 2023 — Issued ※ 09 December 2023
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Using BDD Testing in SKAO: Challenges and Opportunities

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V.L. Allan
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
G. Brajnik
IDS, Udine, Italy
L.R. Brederode
SKAO, Macclesfield, United Kingdom

Defining what a system should do is one of the hardest parts of system design. Using Behaviour Driven Design (BDD) techniques can help, and also help define the tests needed to check that the desired behaviour is implemented. We describe the challenges and opportunities that arise when adopting these techniques, including both technical and social issues, and especially why in our case BDD techniques provide significant value. We present our pathway towards using BDD and the lessons learned. By trying to use BDD testing to run integration tests, it enabled the identification of gaps in the testing infrastructure, particularly the TANGO testing infrastructure, and gaps in developers’ understanding of the system design. This allowed SKAO to take steps to improve the tests, the infrastructure, and the design, by integrating BDD techniques into the full product development lifecycle and using them also for monitoring the development process and the quality of software products.

Slides MO4BCO01 [1.496 MB]

DOI •

reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-ICALEPCS2023-MO4BCO01

About •

Received ※ 06 October 2023 — Revised ※ 10 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 14 November 2023 — Issued ※ 09 December 2023

Cite •

reference for this paper using ※ BibTeX, ※ LaTeX, ※ Text/Word, ※ RIS, ※ EndNote (xml)