[chef-dev] ideas for chef-hackday at Chefconf, Tuesday afternoon, May 15

[Bryan Berry < >]

Yo Chefs!

Somehow I have been drafted into organizing a Chef hackday on the
Tuesday afternoon ahead of Chefconf. For this Hackday to be somewhat
productive, esp. in such a short window of time, it needs to be very
focused. My initial thoughts are to focus on testing as that is my own
current focus. What would you Chef-devs like to see such an event
focus on?

My idea so far is to focus on testing the application cookbook in
every possible configuration using various methodologies such as
vagrant, toft, chefspec, etc. Even better test it on different
platforms. As Jay Feldblum has suggested in the past, each cookbook
needs to be a self-contained project, including with its own set of
battle-hardened integration tests.  My only concern about focusing on
the application cookbook is that it is currently undergoing a lot of
change.

I would love to hear from you guys what you would like to see such an
event focus on. Perhaps testing is boring and we should have an
installfest putting omnibus through its paces!

I have created this planning document here:
https://github.com/bryanwb/chef-hackday/blob/master/Planning.md

yours in cookery,

BryanWB