happy paths

Noun

happy path (plural happy paths)

1. A default scenario in which no exceptional or error conditions arise.
   • The use case template is initially used to define the primary pathway, called the happy path, or, more formally, the Basic Course of Events (BCOE). The happy path, or as one of my seminar attendees called it, the “sunny-day path,” is the most commonly occurring pathway through the use case. It is...2000, Paul R. Reed, Developing Applications with Visual Basic and UML, Addison-Wesley Professional, →ISBN, page 68

   Synonyms:

   happy day scenario