Continuous Integration
Intro
- Test pull requests and branches
- Before they are merged to main
- catch issues early
Why This Matters
- Catch potential issues early
- Allow for multiple branches at the same time
Our Recommendation
- GitHub Actions
- Unit, format, lint tests on every PR
- Integration tests only on merge to main
- Smoke test should run on merge
How To Do It
- Unit tests for fast coverage and algo complexity
- Formatting and lint
- Integration tests that require working infrastructure
- Smoke tests should be a small number (ideally one) test you will run post deployment
- Merge queue
Alternatives/Notes
- CircleCI, BuildKite
- Manual UAT testing