The Archive Provider offers focussed functionality specifically geared towards archiving files. Specifically, the provider data source generates zip archives of individual or multiple files.
Below we have a collection of Goals and Patterns: they represent the guiding principles applied during the development of this provider. Some are in place, others are ongoing processes, others are still just inspirational.
- Stability over features
- Provide data source for generating zip archives.
General to development:
- Avoid repetition: the entities managed can sometimes require similar pieces of logic and/or schema to be realised. When this happens it's important to keep the code shared in communal sections, so to avoid having to modify code in multiple places when they start changing.
- Test expectations as well as bugs: While it's typical to write tests to exercise a new functionality, it's key to also provide tests for issues that get identified and fixed, so to prove resolution as well as avoid regression.
- Automate boring tasks: Processes that are manual, repetitive and can be automated, should be. In addition to be a time-saving practice, this ensures consistency and reduces human error (ex. static code analysis).
- Semantic versioning: Adhering to HashiCorp's own Versioning Specification ensures we provide a consistent practitioner experience, and a clear process to deprecation and decommission.