Setting up deployment on Semaphore allows your team to have a uniform and easy to use software delivery pipeline. To that end, Semaphore provides you with a …
Test-Driven APIs with Phoenix and Elixir
Introduction Starting with a new technology can be difficult. It usually takes some time to understand the components and the way they work together. In this tutorial, we’re going to create an API, using Test Driven Development (TDD) to guide us through its implementation. You’ll learn how the feedback provided by our test helps save […]
Platform Update on January 19th
The upcoming platform update is scheduled for January 19th, 2016. Erlang has been updated to version 18.2.1.Git has been updated to version 2.7.0.
Building and Deploying Microservices with AWS Lambda and Semaphore
AWS Lambda is a service from the Amazon Web Services family which runs your code based on various events. When you create a Lambda function and deploy your code to it, AWS Lambda takes care of provisioning and managing servers that run your code. This tutorial will show you how to develop a Node.js Lambda […]
Fast Continuous Delivery of Microservices with AWS Lambda
AWS Lambda is an AWS service that runs your code in response to events or HTTP requests. Lambda works through functions, which are basically microservices written in Java, Python or Node.js. When you create a Lambda function and deploy your code to it, AWS Lambda takes care of provisioning and managing the backend infrastructure. To […]
Node.js Version Usage in Commercial Projects, 2015 Edition
Weβve been publishing Ruby version reports in commercial projects for three years now, and given recent events in Node community
Platform Update on December 22nd
The upcoming platform update is scheduled for December 22nd, 2015.Cassandra gets and update with version 2.2.4.Git receives an update with version 2.6.4.
How to Deploy a Node.js Application to Elastic Beanstalk with Semaphore
Introduction With AWS Elastic Beanstalk, you can quickly deploy and manage applications in the AWS cloud without having to worry about the infrastructure that supports those applications. AWS Elastic Beanstalk automatically handles all the details of application version history, capacity provisioning, load balancing, scaling, and application health monitoring. This tutorial explains how to set up […]
Best Practices for Spies, Stubs and Mocks in Sinon.js
Introduction Testing code with Ajax, networking, timeouts, databases, or other dependencies can be difficult. For example, if you use Ajax or networking, you need to have a server, which responds to your requests. With databases, you need to have a testing database set up with data for your tests. All of this means that writing […]
Ruby Version Usage in Commercial Projects, 2015 Edition
Continuing our modest tradition of publishing an annual report on Ruby versions used for private projects on Semaphore, we’re presenting you with the results for 2015.
Getting Started with Minitest
What is Minitest? Minitest is a testing tool for Ruby that provides a complete suite of testing facilities. It also supports behaviour-driven development, mocking and benchmarking. With the release of Ruby 1.9, it was added to Ruby’s standard library, which increased its popularity. Even though at first it gives off the impression of a very […]
Introducing Semaphore Insights: Find Test Files That Slow You Down
Today weβre happy to announce Semaphore Insights, a new part of Semaphore with the goal to give you useful, actionable feedback on your continuous integration process.
Behavior-Driven Rails 5 API for an Ember.js Application
Test Driving an Ember Application Welcome back! If this is the first tutorial on Ember.js you are reading on Semaphore Community, it’s recommended that you first read Part 1, where we laid the groundwork with Ember and created some client-side models. In this tutorial, we’re taking a little break from Ember and looking at building […]
Platform update on November 24th
The upcoming platform update is scheduled for November 24th, 2015.Chromedriver gets an update with version 2.20 which supports Chrome versions v43-48.
Setting Up a BDD Stack on a Django Application
Introduction This tutorial will guide you through installing behave_django and FactoryBoy to set up a BDD stack for a Django application. For this purpose, we will create a simple login form as a base for developing BDD tests. BDD puts the user at the center of your tests. It is an increasingly popular method that […]