If testing and deploying your project requires some specific configuration files, you can now manage them directly through our new Custom Files feature. This feature allows you to securely create, edit or delete files that are not part of your repository.
How to use different Gemfiles with Bundler
Normally when you’re working with a Ruby project with Bundler you write a file called Gemfile, run bundle install and then invoke various commands with the bundle exec prefix. However what if you would like to be able to work with different versions of gems over a longer period of time? In that case being […]
Ruby version usage in commercial projects
The chart below shows the distribution of Ruby versions in private projects tested on Semaphore.
Platform update: Ruby 2.1 preview, locale, new Postgres, MongoDB, Firefox
The latest platform release adds Ruby 2.1.0-preview1 to the list of included rubies. If you’re curious about its new features such as refinements, required keyword arguments and improved method caching, now’s your chance to test them in your app.
Growing our team – get ready for new greatness
We have awesome news that we would like to share with you. Semaphore team will almost double its development power. New features, speed improvements and even faster support are around the corner. That’s in case you are a fan of TL;DR, otherwise please read on.
RubyGems update and JRuby 1.7.5
As a response to a sudden appearance of intermittent errors on bundle install related to SSL, we’ve upgraded the RubyGems package to the latest version (2.1.9) in all Rubies provided on the Semaphore build platform.
Post-thread commands
We’ve rolled out a new feature that lets you run commands at the end of each thread, regardless of whether build commands passed or failed.
Platform update feat. git, browsers
Today we’re rolling out an update to the build platform which includes new versions of git, Firefox (please update your selenium-webdriver gem) and more.
Continuous delivery via Cloud66
Today we’re very happy to announce our partnership with Cloud 66. Cloud 66 makes it easy to provision, deploy and manage Ruby on Rails applications on major cloud providers.
Multi-deployment approaches
Capistrano is a great tool for remote server automation and deployment. The standard practice is to have a single Capistrano setup per application, but if you are working on a complex project that consists of several applications or services, managing deployment configuration can become a daunting task.
Semaphore partners with Code Climate to provide test coverage service
At Semaphore, we want to empower great teams to test and deliver high quality apps. Besides providing top-notch build and deployment services, enabling our customers to get more insights from their test suite is a big part of that. Today we’re proud to announce that Semaphore has partnered with Code Climate to provide test coverage […]
Improved repository caching
Over the past week we rolled out an update to our repository caching system. Previously cache was branch based, and all users suffered one disadvantage: first builds of every new branch took more time as the git clone and bundle install had to be done from scratch.
Setting up the BDD stack on a new Rails 4 application
In this post, I will take you through the steps needed to set up our prefered BDD stack on a new Rails 4 application and explain why each tool is important.
Introducing continuous deployment
Semaphore is great for testing your web application. Every day, code of thousands of developers is flowing through Semaphore for verification so that they can deliver new features to users with confidence.
Exploring CasperJS and Continuous Integration
All Ruby developers are probably familiar with Capybara – the tool for interacting with web pages that we all use and love. A similar thing exists in the JavaScript world – CasperJS.