How Bloomberg Uses Behavior-Driven Development to Test Distributed Systems

Discover how Bloomberg implements Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) for testing distributed systems in this 20-minute conference talk from ACCU 2023. Explore the 'behave' framework and learn how it enhances end-to-end testing across multiple teams. Gain insights into translating client workflows into technical pipelines, automating triage processes, and establishing clear ownership in large-scale systems. Understand the importance of collaboration between engineers, assurance experts, and customer support in building reliable automated testing. Follow along as Jacqueline Pan, an automated testing enthusiast and leader of Bloomberg's Trade Automation team, demonstrates how BDD improves testing frameworks and ensures software stability and quality in complex distributed environments.

Introduction
What is BDD
Three phases of BDD
What is posttrade
What is Swift
Multiple teams
Behavior Framework
Gerkin
Demo
Inside the example
The debugging mindset
Endtoend testing
Endtoend client workflow
Summary