Combination of Test-Driven Development and Behavior-Driven Development for Improving Backend Testing Performance

Abstract In the process of software development, a testing phase is an important step for detecting the errors. In order to produce a reliable application, this paper discusses the utilization of a combination from two different testing methods, Test- Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior Driven Development (BDD). TDD testing method is a process with a high percentage of code which is tested automatically. However, it could lead to an error when the parameters of the features are changed. Meanwhile, the BDD testing method is a testing method that could perform successfully despite changes to the parameters of the features. This paper discusses the combination of TDD and BDD testing methods, which is called as T-BDD method. By implementing T-BDD into the Vixio backend system, this paper successfully shows that it could be performed to achieve a high percentage of test-coverage while it could also adapt when the parameters of the features were changed. This paper also shows that the T-BDD testing method performed better compared to using the TDD testing method only.