JavaScript Release Management for Open Source Projects and Companies

Releasing npm packages is simple, but how do you answer these questions once a new version is due?

what version number to pick?
did I break any downstream packages?
are my own package’s dependencies up to date and working?

In this talk we’ll discuss the challenges of responsibly publishing solid and dependable packages and how to follow a deterministic and tool-backed process to automate the dull work involved.

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I gave this talk together with @christophwitzko

Transcript

1. JAVASCRIPT RELEASE MANAGEMENT Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
2. MODULES Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
3. MODULES THE ATOMS OF PROGRAMMING Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
4. BUT MODULES CAN CHANGE Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
5. 118 ELEMENTS Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
6. 200.000 MODULES Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
7. WATER 2.0 Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
8. WATER 2.0 Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
9. HUMANS ARE IMPERFECT Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
10. MODULES ARE IMPERFECT Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
11. WE CAN'T DESIGN PERFECT ABSTRACTIONS Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
12. WE CAN COMMUNICATE Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
13. WE CAN SET EXPECTATIONS Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
14. WRITING CODE FOR OTHERS Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
15. X.Y.Z Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
16. 1.0.0 Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
17. 1.0.1 Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
18. 1.1.0 Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
19. 2.0.0 Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
20. ~2.0.0 Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
21. RELEASE CHANNELS Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
22. CHANGELOGS Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
23. GIT.IO/SEMANTIC-RELEASE FULLY AUTOMATED PACKAGE PUBLISHING Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
24. ONE MORE THING… Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
25. BREAKING CHANGE DETECTION Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
26. USING CODE FROM OTHERS Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
27. REGULAR UPDATES Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
28. WRITE TESTS Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
29. CHOSE WISELY Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
30. GREENKEEPER http://greenkeeper.io/ Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
31. ALWAYS UP-TO-DATE NPM DEPENDENCIES, ZERO HASSLE Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
32. REAL TIME PULL REQUESTS Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
33. REAL TIME BREAK DETECTION Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
34. GETTING STARTED WITH GREENKEEPER Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
35. $ npm i -g greenkeeper Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
36. $ greenkeeper login Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
37. $ greenkeeper enable Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
38. PULL REQUESTS ARE NOT INITIATED BY THE USERS Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
39. PULL REQUESTS ARE NOT TIME CRITICAL Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
40. Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
41. FREE FOR OPEN SOURCE? Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
42. FREE FOR OPEN SOURCE Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
43. ONE FREE PRIVATE REPO Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko
44. GREENKEEPER http://greenkeeper.io/ Berlin.JS November 2015 – @boennemann & @christophwitzko