Mobile CI at Etsy

Mobile is a strong focus at Etsy and we are working on bringing the lessons we learned from running a successful website to the mobile space. This talk will cover how we do Continuous Integration for our mobile apps and have build up an infrastructure around it that supports the workflow of mobile development.

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1. Mobile CI at Etsy
   Daniel Schauenberg
   dschauenberg@etsy.com
   

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3. @mrtazz
   

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6. “Every commit
   should build the
   mainline on an
   integration
   machine”
   

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7. @mrtazz
   GitHub Enterprise
   • All code in on-premise git repos
   • Development on master branch
   • Pull Requests as code reviews
   • command line tool
   • Jenkins GitHub pull request builder plugin
   

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8. @mrtazz
   Code Reviews
   

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10. @mrtazz
    The Bobs
    • > 350 LXC virtualized hosts
    • 14 per physical hosts
    • Spread over 3 SSDs
    • Most of them attached to try
    

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11. @mrtazz
    Mobile CI
    • 25 Mac Minis
    • Runs Android and iOS toolchain
    • Lint and build
    • Unit and functional tests
    • Automated with Chef
    

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13. https://www.flickr.com/photos/callender/14012598808/
    

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15. @mrtazz
    Put a dashboard on it
    

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16. @mrtazz
    Summary and Future
    • Big improvement for visibility and
    testability
    • Repeatable tests
    • Expand testing (e.g. physical devices)
    • Improve automation
    • Deployment!
    

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17. http://codeascraft.com
    !
    http://codeascraft.com/2014/02/28/etsys-journey-to-
    continuous-integration-for-mobile-apps/
    !
    http://codeascraft.com/2013/08/09/mobile-device-lab/
    !
    https://www.etsy.com/careers
    

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18. Mobile CI at Etsy
    Daniel Schauenberg
    dschauenberg@etsy.com
    

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