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Test-Driven Infrastructure with Chef, 2nd Edition

by Stephen Nelson-Smith

October 2013

Intermediate to advanced

306 pages

8h 17m

English

O'Reilly Media, Inc.

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Conventions Used in This BookSafari® Books OnlineHow to Contact UsAcknowledgments
Underpinning PhilosophyInfrastructure as CodeThe Origins of Infrastructure as CodeThe Principles of Infrastructure as CodeThe Risks of Infrastructure as CodeProfessionalism
What Is Ruby?Grammar and VocabularyMethods and ObjectsIdentifiersVariablesConstantsKeywordsMethod namesMore About MethodsClassesArraysConditional logicHashesTruthinessOperatorsBundler
Exercise 1: Install ChefObjectivesDirectionsWorked ExampleDiscussionThe Chef frameworkThe Chef toolThe Chef APIThe Chef communityExercise 2: Install a UserObjectivesDirectionsWorked ExampleDiscussionExercise 3: Install an IRC ClientObjectivesDirectionsWorked ExampleDiscussionExercise 4: Install GitObjectivesDirectionsWorked ExampleDiscussion
Exercise 1: RubyObjectivesDirectionsWorked ExampleDiscussionExercise 2: VirtualboxObjectivesDirectionsWorked exampleDiscussionExercise 3: VagrantObjectivesDirectionsWorked ExampleDiscussionConclusion
The Principles of TDD and BDDA Very Brief History of Agile Software DevelopmentTest-Driven DevelopmentBehavior-Driven DevelopmentBuilding the right thingReducing risk Evolving designTDD and BDD with RubyMinitest: Unit Testing for the 21st CenturyRSpec: The Transition to BDDCucumber: Acceptance Testing for the Masses
Test-Driven Infrastructure: A Conceptual FrameworkTest-Driven Infrastructure Should Be MainstreamTest-Driven Infrastructure Should Be AutomatedTest-Driven Infrastructure Should Be Side-Effect AwareTest-Driven Infrastructure Should Be Continuously IntegratedTest-Driven Infrastructure Should Be Outside InTest-Driven Infrastructure Should Be Test-FirstThe Pillars of Test-Driven InfrastructureWriting TestsRunning TestsProvisioning MachinesFeedback of Results
Tool SelectionUnit TestingIntegration TestingAcceptance TestingTesting WorkflowSupporting Tools: BerkshelfOverviewGetting StartedExampleBerkshelf and VagrantBerkshelf and Chef environmentsAdvantages and DisadvantagesSummary and ConclusionSupporting Tools: Test KitchenOverviewGetting StartedSummary and ConclusionAcceptance Testing: Cucumber and LeibnizOverviewGetting StartedExampleAdvantages and DisadvantagesSummary and ConclusionIntegration Testing: Test Kitchen with Serverspec and BatsIntroducing BatsIntroducing ServerspecTemplatesIntegration Testing: Minitest HandlerOverviewGetting StartedExampleMinitest Handler with Test KitchenAdvantages and DisadvantagesSummary and ConclusionUnit Testing: ChefspecOverviewGetting StartedExampleAdvantages and DisadvantagesSummary and ConclusionStatic Analysis and Linting ToolsOverviewGetting StartedExampleAdvantages and DisadvantagesSummary and ConclusionTo Conclude
Books on TDD and ATDDBooks and Articles on BDDBooks on Agile Testing in GeneralChef Articles and PresentationsBooks on ToolsBooks on RubyBooks on Bash and Shell ScriptingGeneral Programming BooksOther Great Books

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Appendix A. Bibliography

There are many excellent books on test-driven and behavior-driven development, plus several on the tools that underpin the approaches discussed in this book. Here’s a selection of books that have informed my own views, and books that will reward further study.

Books on TDD and ATDD

Test-Driven Development: By Example by Kent Beck (Addison-Wesley Professional, 2002)
Test-Driven Development: A Practical Guide by David Astels (Prentice Hall, 2003)
Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams by Lisa Crispin; Janet Gregory (Addison-Wesley Professional, 2008)
Lean-Agile Acceptance Test-Driven Development: Better Software Through Collaboration by Ken Pugh, Aslak Hellesoy, et al.(Addison-Wesley Professional, 2010)
ATDD by Example: A Practical Guide to Acceptance Test-Driven Development by Markus Gärtner (Addison-Wesley Professional, 2012)
Specification by example: How successful teams deliver the right software by Adžić, Gojko (Manning, 2011)
_ Bridging the communication gap: Specification by Example and Agile Acceptance Testing_, by Adžić, Gojko (Neuri Ltd., 2009)

Books and Articles on BDD

Instant Cucumber BDD How-to by Wayne Ye (Packt Publishing, 2013)
Introducing BDD by Dan North
What’s in a story? by Dan North

Books on Agile Testing in General

Beautiful Testing, ed. by Adam Goucher and Tim Riley (O’Reilly, 2009)
Impact Mapping: Making a Big Impact with Software Products and Projects by Gojko Adzic, Marjory Bisset, and Nikola Korac (Provoking ...