[chef] Re: Object-Oriented Chef

[Noah Kantrowitz < >]

On Sep 16, 2015, at 3:44 PM, Jos Backus 
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 wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> It would be nice if there was better support for the native Ruby Chef 
> classes/methods aside from the Chef::Recipe DSL with its fixed structure of 
> cookbooks/recipes, etc. It seems to me that with access to the run_context 
> class and the various resources, one could implement multiple 
> run/convergence queues easily enough (by instantiating different 
> run_contexts and operating on them), for example, and it would also open up 
> the ability to use traditional classes/modules for adding structure and 
> reusability, rather than the limited Chef::Recipe API. I understand that 
> the current DSL is concise, convenient for beginners and mimics what Puppet 
> uses, but it lacks structural power.

This is exactly what my Poise (https://github.com/poise/poise) library and 
John's Resource library do. This rabbit hole runs deep, happy to answer 
questions for you, though IRC (#chef on Freenode) might be a better medium.

--Noah

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