Test-Driven Infrastructure with Chef

"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 infrast [...]
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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