[chef] ChefSpec v3.1.0 hits the shelves

[Seth Vargo < >]

Ohai Chefs,

I'm happy to announce that I just released ChefSpec v3.1.0. The beta has been out for 2 weeks and users have reported very little problems. I made a few tiny documentation updates and improved the DSL for interacting with the Chef Server.

Changelog, Changeset

You can install ChefSpec 3.1.0 by running:

gem install chefspec --version 3.1.0

Or by updating the version in your Gemfile:

gem 'chefspec', '~> 3.1.0'

ChefSpec v3.1.0 builds upon the 3.0.0 series with amazing new features like:

• Converging against a "real" Chef Server (Chef Zero) (no need to use Chef Solo)
• Resource reporting! It's finally here! Although still in primitive stages, ChefSpec v3.1.0 performs recipe analysis and generates a resource coverage report - perfect for testing you've hit all logic branches in your recipes
• (Advanced) Cacheable runner courtesy of Juri Timošin for incredibly faster tests if you don't need stubbing
• Support for Librarian courtesy of Mathias Lafeldt

Things that are likely to break:

• The deprecations module is no longer included by default. If you have not yet upgraded from ChefSpec v2.x, you can manually include the module by adding require 'chefspec/deprecations' to the top of your spec_helper.
• The API for creating a node changed slightly between the last beta and this final release.

There are some really cool nerdy things happening under the hood, so I encourage you to look at the full diff :).

Look for an upcoming blog series on sethvargo.com about resource reporting (coverage) and chef server mode.

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If you have blog posts, publications, or case studies for ChefSpec, please ping me.

Seth Vargo

Release Engineer, Opscode

@sethvargo