Why You Should Listen to Us

We’ve both been building software for a living for almost twenty years, and using automated tests for nearly ten of those. Aslak created Cucumber in 2008, and Matt has been one of its most active users from day one.

We’ve used Cucumber to test all kinds of systems: from Ruby on Rails web applications, through Flash games, to enterprise Java web services. We’ve also trained hundreds of developers in how to use Cucumber, teaching the material in this book at events and companies around the world.

The Cucumber community is full of lively debate, and we’ve spent many hours of our spare time having our ideas challenged and honed in discussions with other users. We hope we’ve distilled as much of that knowledge and experience as possible in this book.