03 10 2021 Meeting

Meeting Minutes > 03/10/2021 Meeting

Updates

One of the things that Adrian Manse is working on in Regulatory & Software Validation Committee is pairing people up to work on the tests
In thinking about it, it might be interesting to apply this concept to our framework as well for the difficult problems we have to solve
If we are interested, I can work on a table grid on one of these Wiki pages where we can pair people up
Perhaps people can do screen sharing and work on tests together? Would potentially speed things up.
Not sure exactly how to structure it
One thought might be to partner people who haven't written tests scripts with people who have so we can expand our number of people who can write tests

Additional Discussion
- Chris Chapman and Adam De Fouw have had some additional discussion about seeding process
  - Chris was proposing to Adam that we reset database state between EVERY single test as is done in traditionally in testing environments
  - Discussed how this diverges from the test paradigm used by the Regulatory & Software Validation committee
  - Database schema comes into play here also because it changes over time with new REDCap versions that come out
  - Mitigation: What Chris has proposed is that we build in additional tests that assert the database schema
  - End Result: De
Specific Tactics to Achieve Proposed DB Strategy
- If we reset before each and every test, it means that we can define those resets in a beforeEach() block
- However, it also means that some tests will have to be adjusted because we're resetting database state

One key to making framework successful is delegation of duties
Everyone has strengths and interests that can build ... incoming overused buzzword ... synergy within our group
If you know that you have a strength in an area or you are interested in a particular area of this framework, speak up
Alternatively, if you see someone well-suited to some specific problem, encourage that person to work in that area
Will be working on formally identifying areas that need work
One of the areas we all know needs some help is the area of Database State
Chris Chapman has a lot of knowledge, expertise and interest in databases, state, etc.
Want to appoint Chris to "VP of Database Interactions"

Followed up with the Regulatory & Software Validation Committee regarding their strategy for this problem
Verified that they are only looking at CSV files to see what REDCap is doing
We can make our testing more robust if we'd like