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Thanks to all who replied, it's extremely helpful.  I'll add a focus on
integration tests to the list of requirements

Mainn

----- Original Message -----
> Hey, you've already got a bunch of answers, but FWIW:
> 
> a) I think it's fine to do a few big patches deleting stuff you don't
> want. You can always bring it back from git history. OTOH if you bring
> it back it will be reviewed again :).
> 
> b) I think UI + API + pythonclient in parallel is ok, but:
>  - please get tempest (which implies devstack too) API tests up as
> quickly as possible. Tempest provides the contract definition to
> detect regressions in API usage. You can't deploy a production cloud
> on top of devstack, but you can use Heat and Keystone and Glance and
> Ironic APIs sensibly, which will let meaningful tests of Tuskar API.
> I'm not sure where the JS / Horizon tests fit precisely, but again -
> lets make sure that we have functional tests in Tempest as quickly as
> possible: this is crucial for when we start 'Integration'.
> 
> Cheers,
> Rob
> 
> On 7 December 2013 04:37, Tzu-Mainn Chen <tzumainn at redhat.com> wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >
> > We're starting to work on the UI for tuskar based on Jarda's wireframes,
> > and as we're doing so, we're realizing that
> > we're not quite sure what development methodology is appropriate.  Some
> > questions:
> >
> > a) Because we're essentially doing a tear-down and re-build of the whole
> > architecture (a lot of the concepts in tuskar
> > will simply disappear), it's difficult to do small incremental patches that
> > support existing functionality.  Is it okay
> > to have patches that break functionality?  Are there good alternatives?
> >
> > b) In the past, we allowed parallel development of the UI and API by having
> > well-documented expectations of what the API
> > would provide.  We would then mock those calls in the UI, replacing them
> > with real API calls as they became available.  Is
> > this acceptable?
> >
> > If there are precedents for this kind of stuff, we'd be more than happy to
> > follow them!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tzu-Mainn Chen
> >
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