[chef-dev] Re: Announce: chef-dk-template-plugin - easy distribution of ChefDK templates as gems

[AJ Christensen < >]

Great work team, looks super dope. Will be stoked to package up some
of our generator skels into gems and such.

IS NAICE

cheers,

--aj

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 1:23 PM, FitzGibbon, James
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 wrote:
> Ohai Chefs!
>
> I would like to announce the first release of chef-dk-template-plugin, a 
> stab at making it easy to distribute custom ChefDK templates inside and 
> outside of your organization.
>
> Here’s a brief demo.  Let’s assume you have a plugin class like this:
>
> require 'chef-dk/template/plugin_base'
> require 'chef-dk/template/mixins'
>
> # the Chef Development Kit
> module ChefDK
>   # templates for 'chef generate'
>   module Template
>     # a pluggable framework for distributing templates as ruby gems
>     class Plugin
>       # an example plugin for chef-dk-template-plugin
>       class Example < PluginBase
>         include ChefDK::Template::Mixin::CookbookBase
>
>         # the version of the gem
>         VERSION = '0.1.0'
>
>         class << self
>           def description
>             'Example cookbook template'
>           end
>         end
>       end
>     end
>   end
> end
>
> And you have a generator recipe like this:
>
> template = ChefDK::Template::Plugin::Example.new(self)
> template.generate
>
> Now when you run ‘chef generate cookbook foo’, you’ll get a cookbook that 
> has all the things provided by the ‘CookbookBase’ mixin (things like a 
> README, CHANGELOG, metadata.rb, etc.)
>
> Because the generators are Ruby classes:
>
> - you can extend, inherit and metaprogram them to your heart’s delight
>
> - you can test them using RSpec or minitest or Aruba/Cucumber
>
> - you can create mixins for other people to use
>
> - you can distribute your mixins or templates as ruby gems
>
> - you can update them using ‘chef gem install’
>
> My hope is that this will spur more sharing of good cookbook practice while 
> still allowing you to compose templates that meet the various needs you 
> have inside your organization.
>
> Feedback and PRs are welcome.
>
> Plugin Framework: https://github.com/Nordstrom/chef-dk-template-plugin
>
> Example Plugin: https://github.com/Nordstrom/chef-dk-template-example
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
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