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Test-Driven Infrastructure with Chef

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Test-Driven Infrastructure with Chef demonstrates a radical approach to developing web infrastructure that combines the powerful Chef configuration management framework with Cucumber, the leading Behavior-driven development (BDD) tool. Learn how to deliver real business value by developing infrastructure code test-first.

Infrastructure consultant Stephen Nelson-Smith shows you how this unique approach allows you to make significant changes without the fear of unexpected side effects—a great benefit when you're developing code to control your production infrastructures. By using the test-first approach introduced in this book, you gain increased security, code quality, and peace of mind.

  • Learn the core principles behind the infrastructure-as-code approach, including modularity, cooperation, extensibility, and flexibility
  • Take a high-level tour of the Chef framework, tool, and API, as well as the community behind the project
  • Set up a workstation to interact with the Chef API
  • Get an overview of Cucumber and learn the principles of BDD
  • Start using Cucumber-Chef, the open source infrastructure testing platform
  • Explore test-driven infrastructure development with a hands-on tutorial

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    Publisher: O'Reilly Media

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    • ISBN: 9781449313173
    • File size: 666 KB
    • Release date: August 1, 2012

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    • ISBN: 9781449313173
    • File size: 666 KB
    • Release date: August 1, 2012

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    Test-Driven Infrastructure with Chef demonstrates a radical approach to developing web infrastructure that combines the powerful Chef configuration management framework with Cucumber, the leading Behavior-driven development (BDD) tool. Learn how to deliver real business value by developing infrastructure code test-first.

    Infrastructure consultant Stephen Nelson-Smith shows you how this unique approach allows you to make significant changes without the fear of unexpected side effects—a great benefit when you're developing code to control your production infrastructures. By using the test-first approach introduced in this book, you gain increased security, code quality, and peace of mind.

  • Learn the core principles behind the infrastructure-as-code approach, including modularity, cooperation, extensibility, and flexibility
  • Take a high-level tour of the Chef framework, tool, and API, as well as the community behind the project
  • Set up a workstation to interact with the Chef API
  • Get an overview of Cucumber and learn the principles of BDD
  • Start using Cucumber-Chef, the open source infrastructure testing platform
  • Explore test-driven infrastructure development with a hands-on tutorial

  • Expand title description text