Lambda-behave is a modern testing and behavioral specification framework for Java 8 that provides a fluent and concise approach to writing tests. It addresses the limitations of existing frameworks like JUnit and Cucumber by offering features such as parameterized tests and property-based testing. Future improvements include a plugin API, enhanced reporting, and better support for parallel and concurrent testing.

1. Lambda Behave
A modern testing and behavioural specification
framework for Java 8
@richardwarburto

3. Talk Outline
What do I want in a testing framework?
Live Coding Examples
Comparison with other frameworks
Summary

4. What do I want in a testing
framework?

5. Write a feature description in business domain terms

6. Parameterise different configurations

7. Property Based Testing:
Automatically generate your testcases based upon a
property

8. Live Coding

9. Conclusions & Summary

10. Junit doesn’t offer the fluency or features of lambda-behave

11. Cucumber: Regex some text in order to execute code

12. Spock & ScalaTest are great but not Java based

13. Conclusions & Summary

14. Future Improvements
● Plugin API
○ Support for Spring & Vertx
● Improved generators & mocking
● HTML Reports
● Expectation logs
● Heisentest Detector
● Support parallel runners
● Support concurrent tests better

15. Summary
● Existing testing solutions either unreadable or
convoluted
● Lambda Behave offers a fluent and modern testing
style
● Rapidly adding features
○ Help welcome and wanted!
○ Github issues + pull requests
○ https://github.com/RichardWarburton/lambda-behave

16. Links & Info
Project Website:
http://richardwarburton.github.io/lambda-behave/
Maven Central Coordinates
com.insightfullogic:lambda-behave:0.3
Book
http://tinyurl.com/java8lambdas
Training Website
http://java8training.com/
Blog
http://insightfullogic.com

17. Questions?
@richardwarburto