--- product_id: 14047371 title: "Test-Driven Infrastructure with Chef: Bring Behavior-Driven Development to Infrastructure as Code" brand: "o reilly media" price: "$60.25" currency: USD in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 category: "Book" url: https://www.desertcart.us/products/14047371-test-driven-infrastructure-with-chef-bring-behavior-driven-development-to store_origin: US region: United States of America --- # Test-Driven Infrastructure with Chef: Bring Behavior-Driven Development to Infrastructure as Code **Brand:** o reilly media **Price:** $60.25 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Test-Driven Infrastructure with Chef: Bring Behavior-Driven Development to Infrastructure as Code by o reilly media - **How much does it cost?** $60.25 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.us](https://www.desertcart.us/products/14047371-test-driven-infrastructure-with-chef-bring-behavior-driven-development-to) ## Best For - o reilly media enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted o reilly media brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Test-Driven Infrastructure with Chef: Bring Behavior-Driven Development to Infrastructure as Code - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51BTbCb1ggL.jpg) ![Test-Driven Infrastructure with Chef: Bring Behavior-Driven Development to Infrastructure as Code - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51IIFBEm59L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐ Not Super Useful Unless You Follow BDD *by J***N on Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2015* The book contains a large amount of primer material: if you already know what TDD is and why you want to practice it, and if you already know some ruby, then probably half of the book isn't going to be super useful to you.For the remainder of the book, you have to either buy into the author's philosophy that BDD is a required workflow, or you have difficulty following the material. The author chooses to use a BDD toolchain consisting of a gem that the author wrote, Gherkin, Cucumber and rspec. If you want to follow a less heavyweight testing philosophy, this book won't help you much.If I were trying to follow BDD, this'd probably be a great book. But I want to write my tests with minitest (because it's built in to the standard library), and I don't want to follow the Gherkin/Cucumber BDD patterns (I find them overly verbose and not useful, your mileage may vary). As such, this book isn't actually incredibly useful to me: I got more testing done and faster by just reading the test kitchen website. ### ⭐⭐ I would have liked to see the book assume that the user is ... *by G***Y on Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2015* The book tried too little to accomplish too much, introduction of the technologies involved, outlining the practice of test driven development, convincing the user of the utility of that practice, designing and explaining the practice using the technologies, and introducing Gherkin-style test definitions and explaining their purpose.I would have liked to see the book assume that the user is sufficiently familiar with Chef and Rspec and the TDD workflow, with suggested resources to read in advance, and spend significantly more time giving practical examples of how to test infrastructure-as-code with code (not human readable definitions). I have even bought into the utility of Gherkin-based testing tools and the workflows they allow, but a majority of developers, especially covering operations simply will not have the problems that Gherkin intends to solve and spending a lot of time covering it is probably not very useful to them. ### ⭐⭐ Poorly organized primer *by D***E on Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2014* Had high hopes for this book, but I find it really hard to follow.I find the author's writing style extremely dull. Basically, it's "I did this. Then I did this. Then I did this. Then I did this" with very little in the way of explanation about why the author is doing what he's doing, often followed by a bunch of output. And I mean that literally. Here's an example, from just one paragraph: "I searched the docs page for...I determined that I could...I created a config file...", followed by over 2 pages of command line output. There is literally no narrative, it's just a verbatim list of commands to run. There's a lot of "go read the documentation". That's not what a book like this is for. In a book like this, I am looking for the author to give me the relevant information I need to know, instead of handwaving over it.The organization is also very poor. On the kindle edition, the output of commands can take up to several pages, with the important bits buried within, often with no commentary. Important concepts like recipes and cookbooks are discussed very briefly, completely divorced from any examples of how they are used. Also, when making changes to a file, good technical instruction books often show you exactly which file you are editing and which lines. The style used in this book is very inconsistent in those regards.Ultimately, the measure of any technical primer is its ability to teach to the reader, and for me, this book fails in almost every way. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.us/products/14047371-test-driven-infrastructure-with-chef-bring-behavior-driven-development-to](https://www.desertcart.us/products/14047371-test-driven-infrastructure-with-chef-bring-behavior-driven-development-to) --- *Product available on Desertcart United States of America* *Store origin: US* *Last updated: 2026-04-23*