Software Build Automation Tools

Requirements

• Ubuntu (or other linux) or MacOS
• Your favorite editor: vim/neovim, vscode, atom, or sublime, or other (e.g., Kakoune)
• Your favorite IDE: PyCharm Community or vscode
• (later) Docker installed

Program

1. Basics: manual intro(pl) and manual git (pl) / slides:

   • linux basics
   • bash
   • Git
   • Makefile

2. What is CI/CD? - manual(notes pl) / slides:

   • Makefile
   • tests
   • linters
   • Python virtual environment

3. Docker and packaging - manual:

   • Dependency hell
   • Packages
   • Docker

4. Time for your project and versioning conventions - manual:

   • versioning conventions

5. Continuous Deployment - manual / slides:

   • Heroku as an example of PaaS
   • Continuous Deployment with Github actions

6. Summary & Exam - slides

Useful commands

• Text editors:

  # 
  sudo apt update
  
  # choose your own adventure!
  
  # vim
  sudo apt-get install vim
  
  # neovim
  sudo apt install neovim
  
  # vscode
  sudo snap install code --classic
  
  # atom
  sudo snap install atom --classic
  
  # sublime
  # follow instructions from:
  # https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/linux_repositories.html

• IDE

  • Pycharm - see the installation guide)
  • vscode - sudo snap install code --classic

• Python virtual environment:

  # create a venv in the .venv directory
  python3 -m venv .venv
  
  # activate
  source .venv/bib/activate
  
  # deactivate
  deactivate

• Docker (after how to install Docker on ubuntu):

  # install docker
  sudo su
  
  apt-get update ;
  apt-get install -qq apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common ;
  curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | apt-key add - ;
  add-apt-repository 'deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu '$(lsb_release -cs)' stable' ;
  apt-get update ;
  apt-get install -qq docker-ce ;
  
  # do not forget to exit
  exit

Optional materials

• https://missing.csail.mit.edu/