15 messages in com.madstop.puppet-usersRe: [Puppet-users] What I am doing wi...| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Julian Simpson | Mar 4, 2007 1:49 pm | |
| Luke Kanies | Mar 5, 2007 8:57 am | |
| Thomas Lockney | Mar 6, 2007 12:31 pm | |
| Julian Simpson | Mar 6, 2007 12:49 pm | |
| Luke Kanies | Mar 7, 2007 8:22 am | |
| Julian Simpson | Mar 7, 2007 12:53 pm | |
| John Arundel | Mar 7, 2007 1:09 pm | |
| Luke Kanies | Mar 7, 2007 1:57 pm | |
| Luke Kanies | Mar 7, 2007 1:59 pm | |
| John Arundel | Mar 7, 2007 2:26 pm | |
| Luke Kanies | Mar 11, 2007 12:53 pm | |
| Julian Simpson | Mar 18, 2007 1:24 pm | |
| Julian Simpson | Mar 18, 2007 1:56 pm | |
| David Schmitt | Mar 18, 2007 2:36 pm | |
| Julian Simpson | Mar 18, 2007 3:29 pm |
| Subject: | Re: [Puppet-users] What I am doing with Puppet. | |
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| From: | Luke Kanies (lu...@madstop.com) | |
| Date: | Mar 7, 2007 1:57:57 pm | |
| List: | com.madstop.puppet-users | |
On Mar 7, 2007, at 2:53 PM, Julian Simpson wrote:
Like unit tests vs. functional tests in a software project? I agree.
Partially, but also things like testing that a function calls the right function, rather than verifying the whole functional stack.
I've got too much code that tries to verify the whole stack, which means my tests take forever to run (and write) and I have to refactor them all when mid- and bottom-layer functions change.
Behaviour. That's a good word. I want to be able to specify behaviour, and fail if the tests if that behaviour isn't found.
That's tough on both accounts -- you'll need to figure out how to correctly specify behaviour, and then how to test that behaviour. Specification is pretty difficult by itself, but the testing will almost definitely require some kind of external monitoring feedback.
The first step, verifying that your code compiles correctly, is pretty straightforward, and I'd be glad to work with you getting the unit test framework coded up. The second is clearly far more difficult, though, and the only real way I see to do it is via installation on test hosts.
Ok. I'm also happy to focus on the first and mull over the second.
Yeah, I think it's the best place to start.
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