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Prepared exclusively for Aaron Evans Prepared exclusively for Aaron Evans What Readers Are Saying About The Cucumber for Java Book This book is not just for programmers but for testers as well. It goes beyond using Cucumber; it gives testing guidelines as well and hints and tips to avoid bad tests. ➤ Janet Gregory Author, Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers (with Lisa Crispin) If you read this book in the morning, then find a stakeholder quickly enough, you’ll be writing effective scenarios with that person in the afternoon. Start today. ➤ J.B. Rainsberger Author, JUnit Recipes The best thing about this book: it will help you identify WHY you may want to use Cucumber, and it will guide you to good ways to do it in collaboration with your whole team. ➤ Lisa Crispin Author, Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers (with Janet Gregory) This is an excellent introduction to using Cucumber on the JVM that guides the reader clearly through the complexities of the API and away from common pitfalls in its application to real projects. ➤ Nat Pryce Author, Growing OO Software Guided By Tests (with Steve Freeman) Prepared exclusively for Aaron Evans Not only does [this book] go deep on the technical details of using Cucumber effectively in a Java environment, it also covers the broader issues of how to succeed in driving software implementation through readable examples of system behavior, and as such it will be a valuable reference for the whole team. ➤ David Evans Author, Fifty Quick Ideas to Improve Your User Stories (with Gojko Adžić) [If you] implement an application in a test-first manner, taking small and careful steps and alternating implementation and refactoring phases, your tests will tell you what to do next. So listen to your tests and listen to this book! ➤ Gáspár Nagy Creator of SpecFlow - Cucumber for .NET This book will teach you all you need to know to get started with Cucumber on the Java platform...although the authors make sure that nonprogrammers can follow along. It will find its place on my bookshelf and in the book recommendations I give out in my training classes. ➤ Markus Gaertner Author, ATDD by Example This is a great reference guide for software project builds maintainers, because the authors carefully address the integration of Cucumber with other Java platform favorites such as JDBC, databases, dependency injection containers such as CDI and Spring Framework, and REST server-side endpoints. ➤ Peter Pilgrim Author, The Java EE 7 Developer Handbook Prepared exclusively for Aaron Evans The Cucumber for Java Book meets an important need—the large Java community has a great tool in Cucumber but very limited documentation on how to use it effectively. This is the book I’ll recommend to my Java clients who want to hit the ground running with Cucumber. ➤ Richard Lawrence BDD Trainer and Coach, Agile for All A gentle yet complete introduction to Cucumber on the JVM. An excellent step- by-step guide with attention to detail. ➤ Paul Grenyer Founder of Naked Element and NorDevCon The material [in this book] is built on real-life experiences with appreciation for the everyday problems we as testers/software architects/managers face both in- ternally and externally. ➤ Márton Mészáros Founder of Tailored Tunes and Test Automation Specialist The authors get the combination of technical and nontechnical lessons across very well. A very good read for the novice and experienced BDD follower alike. ➤ Craig Harrison Software Engineer Prepared exclusively for Aaron Evans The Cucumber for Java Book Behaviour-Driven Development for Testers and Developers Seb Rose Matt Wynne Aslak Hellesøy The Pragmatic Bookshelf Dallas, Texas • Raleigh, North Carolina Prepared exclusively for Aaron Evans Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and The Pragmatic Programmers, LLC was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed in initial capital letters or in all capitals. The Pragmatic Starter Kit, The Pragmatic Programmer, Pragmatic Programming, Pragmatic Bookshelf, PragProg and the linking g device are trademarks of The Pragmatic Programmers, LLC. Every precaution was taken in the preparation of this book. However, the publisher assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages that may result from the use of information (including program listings) contained herein. Our Pragmatic courses, workshops, and other products can help you and your team create better software and have more fun. For more information, as well as the latest Pragmatic titles, please visit us at https://pragprog.com. The team that produced this book includes: Jacquelyn Carter (editor) Potomac Indexing, LLC (indexer) Liz Welch (copyeditor) Dave Thomas (typesetter) Janet Furlow (producer) Ellie Callahan (support) For international rights, please contact