Should SpecFlow be used with BDD as a solo developer?

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Published on 2012-01-10T15:45:55Z Indexed on 2012/11/24 23:19 UTC
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I am a long time fan of TDD and after reading the RSpec book, would like to transistion to a BDD process. I like the idea of driving from the outside in, as it is presented in the book.

What I am having a hard time getting a handle on is how to structure the tests. I have tried SpecFlow, but it seems cumbersome to use when I am the only one really ever going to be looking at the tests. I like the idea of just using straight NUnit, rather then adding another framework, like it is presented here.

Is this a good way to try and structure BDD tests? Is there more information out there on comparing the two ways (that may even be more recent)?

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