tstoy

The tstoy example app

This folder has the source code for a fictional application, tstoy. It's intended to serve as a functional mockup of a real application a user might want to configure.

It has two configuration options:

1. Should the application update automatically?
2. How frequently should the application check for updates?

These values are represented by keys in configuration files. The default configuration is:

{
    "updates": {
        "automatic": false,
        "checkFrequency": 90
    }
}

The application is implemented so that it can merge configuration from:

1. The default configuration built into the code.
2. A machine-scope configuration file.
3. A user-scope configuration file.
4. Environment variables with the prefix TSTOY_.
5. Explicit flags passed to the application.

DSC Resources targeting this application should be able to ensure:

• Whether a configuration file in a specific scope exists.
• Whether a configuration file defines that the application should automatically update.
• The frequency of the automatic updates, if they're enabled.