Introduction

Test Kitchen is best understood through hands-on experience. In this guide, you’ll use Test Kitchen to create a simple Chef Infra cookbook, complete with tests that ensure your cookbook works as intended. Test Kitchen encourages a test-driven development (TDD) workflow: write the tests first, watch them fail, then implement code to make them pass. This cycle—commonly known as red, green, refactor—helps you build reliable, maintainable software. By following along, you’ll become comfortable with this approach and see how Test Kitchen streamlines cookbook development.