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Juanito Fatas
September 24, 2016
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How to build deppbot
@ RubyConf China 2016
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September 24, 2016
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Transcript
RubyConf China 2016 How to build deppbot Stories from building
https:/ /www.deppbot.com
౯ݝฎ... ኼ睞 I only know a little
deppbot core team @JuanitoFatas
DANGER CONTRIBUTOR danger.systems
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How often do you update? !!
LATER EQUALS NEVER
Winston Teo Practice of updating all dependencies to newer versions
several times a month. Founder, Jolly Good Code Continuous Updates
論持續更新 時常更新項⽬ 的 RubyGems 乃最佳實踐也 — 胡適之
Benefits of Continuous Updates
INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS
FIX SECURITY VULNERABILITIES
REDUCE TECHNICAL DEBT
MAKE FUTURE UPGRADE EASIER
DEVELOPER DISLIKE LEGACY GEMS
MAINTAINER LOVE BUGS FROM NEW RELEASES
CONTINUOUS LEARNINGS FROM GEM UPDATES
SHIP LATEST SOFTWARES
deppbot is a… Automated Updates Service
deppbot is a… Security Updates Service
deppbot is a… Dependency Updates Service
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Why built deppbot?
Worked at Consultancy
Client Projects
Minimum Value Product
Ship Latest Gems
I like to keep my Gems updated
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HOWTO USE deppbot
1. Sign Up / Sign In
2. Subscribe
deppbot adds herself to your repo Run Automated Updates every
1.hour do if need_to_update? Run Automated Updates end end
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Process
git clone works for project hosts on bitbucket, submodules
too
bundle update Updates Gemfile.lock and install gems
Travis CI? Not all kinds of gems can be installed
on a single VPS
bundle lock --update Updates Gemfile.lock without installing This command
re-introduced in bundler v1.10 #3439
diff -u Diff of Gemfile.lock (before / after)
Delete Repo on VPS immediately when we got the
diff
Cook Pull Request gem links, compare views, changelogs, time
savings
Pull Request &YBN QMF
nokogiri Query RubyGems.org API Gem authors, please fill in
your metadata
nokogiri Find GitHub URL from RubyGems data Gem authors,
please fill in your metadata
1.6.6.4…1.6.7 Parse diff and link_to repository compare view for
code review Gem authors, please push your tags when release a gem
CHANGELOG Query GitHub API, jollygoodcode/whatsnew Don’t let your friends
dump git logs into CHANGELOGs
Time Savings Sum every Pull Request processed time
Send Pull Request Merged and keep up-to-date
Stats
Heroku
Bundler uses 250MB v1.7.2
Some Bundler features only available at v1.9.x
Fork buildpack for Custom Bundler version
Fork buildpack for Custom Bundler version Digital Ocean
Digital Ocean 1CPU Production*1 (2GB) Staging*1 (1GB) Amazon RDS http:/
/stackshare.io/deppbot/deppbot
500+ users
10% paid
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2150 commits 515 Pull Requests
deppbot uses deppbot to build deppbot
FAST TEST SUITE FAST FEEDBACK
https://www.deppbot.com 8629 Pull Requests Sent 944 hours Engineering Time Saved
The Birth of deppbot 2015.09.03 https:/ /github.com/jollygoodcode/jollygoodcode.github.io/issues/3
Automated Bundle Updates
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Automated Security Updates 2015.12.25 https:/ /github.com/jollygoodcode/jollygoodcode.github.io/issues/15
2015.12.25 https:/ /github.com/jollygoodcode/jollygoodcode.github.io/issues/15
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Small Features Improvements Bug fixes Refactorings
Not only deppbot
Other Services
https:/ /libraries.io https:/ /gemnasium.com https:/ /requires.io https:/ /david-dm.org Notification Only
notify you
Actionable https:/ /deppbot.com http:/ /pyup.io https:/ /greenkeeper.io http:/ /tachikoma.io Do,
don’t tell
From idea to product
bundle update add, commit, push open a new PR on
GitHub.com Issue the Pull Request Manually
today = Time.current.strftime("%F") new_branch = "bundle-update-#{today}" `git checkout master` `git
pull` `git checkout -b #{new_branch}` `bundle update` `git add Gemfile.lock` `git commit -m ‘Bundle Updates’ `git push origin #{new_branch}` `git pull-request -m "Updates #{today}" Script
today = Time.current.strftime("%F") new_branch = "bundle-update-#{today}" `git checkout master` `git
pull` `git checkout -b #{new_branch}` `bundle update` `git add Gemfile.lock` `git commit -m ‘Bundle Updates’ `git push origin #{new_branch}` `git pull-request -m "Updates #{today}" 15 m ins
Discover tachikoma.io
Too Expensive $49/mo
Some clients are also interested
Decided to create a SaaS
Hence deppbot
Dependency Bot = depbot
depbot is taken
Johnny depp is cool
deppbot
How does it work?
! " Your Project deppbot GitHub Subscribe Automated Updates
Normal Updates Security Updates Automated Updates
Normal Updates 1. Need update? 2. bundle update 3. Send
Pull Request
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Normal Updates 1. Need update? 2. bundle update 3. Send
Pull Request
bundle update 1. clone & setup 2. start new build
3. bundle update 4. store diff
bundle update
bundle update
Normal Updates 1. Need update? 2. bundle update 3. Send
Pull Request
Send Pull Request 1. Check if can send? 2. Send
it 3. Finish build
Send Pull Request
Send Pull Request
Send Pull Request
Security Updates 1. Need update? 2. security update 3. Send
Pull Request
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Security Updates 1. Need update? 2. security update 3. Send
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Problems
GitHub Organisations API GitHub permissions https:/ /github.com/jollygoodcode/jollygoodcode.github.io/issues/11
GitHub API limit
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ݶӞ㮆Ӯኴ ݶӞ㮆瓵మ
1 PR at a time
Listen to PR events Track if you merged Don’t send
PR if open Webhook
Webhook
Webhook
Webhook
Webhook
GitHub is down
RubyGems.org Downtime
Many other tricky cases
Conclusion
Idea is CHEAP
Create value for users
Marketing is HARD
Bugs are unpredictable
Ruby is Elegant and Beautiful
Open Source from real app
Share what you learned
Code is useless till shipped
Embrace Changes
Raises Awareness of gems
Continuous Learnings
Continuous Updates
Update Early
Update Often
YES WE CAN DO IT!!
#MakeRubyGreatAgain http://blog.testdouble.com/posts/2016-05-09-make-ruby-great-again.html Hopefully
I have deppbot stickers
Special Thanks @huacnlee @lgn21st
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Any Questions?
THANK YOU!