Effective Development With Eclipse Mylyn, Git, Gerrit and Hudson

Effective Development with... Eclipse, Mylyn, Git, Gerrit and Hudson (Jenkins)Chris Aniszczyk (Red Hat)Principal Software Engineerzx@redhat.comhttp://aniszczyk.org

About MeHack on Eclipse, OSGi, Git and other things at Red HatMember of the Eclipse Board of DirectorsMember in the Eclipse Architecture CouncilI like to run! (2 minutes over of Boston qualifying ;/)Co-author of RCP Book (www.eclipsercp.org)Starting a new book on Git and Gerrit... Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

AgendaIntroduction - Mylyn ReloadedHudson (Jenkins) and MylynDistributed Version Control (DVCS)Code Review with Git, Gerrit and MylynConclusionQ&A Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

What is Mylyn?Mylyn is the task and application lifecyclemanagement (ALM) framework for Eclipse. Itprovides...The task-focused interface that realignsthe IDE around tasks so that you see onlythe code thats relevantA task management tool for developersA broad ecosystem of Agile and ALMintegrations. There are dozens of extensionsintegrate Mylyn with ALM and developercollaboration tools Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

Mylyn History2004: Task-focused interface ideas on UBC whiteboard2006: v1.0, early adopters help evolve the UI2007: v2.0, API grows from integration needs, increasing2008: v3.0, API solidifies, extensions increase2009: v3.3, de facto ALM integration for Eclipse, dozens ofextensions2010: Expansion of participation and new project creation2011: Mylyn 3.5 Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

Mylyn 3.5 – Restructured Tasks Bugzilla Trac OSLC Context Java C/C++ Versions CVS Git OSLC WikiText RichText Docs Builds Hudson OSLC Reviews Tasks Gerrit IEEE Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

AgendaIntroductionHudson (Jenkins) and Mylyn - What is Hudson (Jenkins) - Mylyn BuildsThe Rise of Distributed Version Control (DVCS)Code Review with Git, Gerrit and MylynConclusionQ&A Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

What is Hudson (Jenkins)? Hudson is an extensible continuous integration server Easy to use Tons of plug-ins Very popular within the Java community Recently forked by the community via Jenkins Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

Mylyn Builds “The scope of the Mylyn Builds project is integration of continuous integration and build systems (eg., Hudson) within Eclipse. In addition to the seamless access to software build and assembly technologies. Mylyn users will be able to access continuous integration processes, control build execution and associate build results with tasks and context.” http://eclipse.org/mylyn/builds Youll find yourself leaving Eclipse less! Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

AgendaIntroductionHudson (Jenkins) and MylynDistributed Version Control (DVCS) - Why DVCS? Why Git? - Lessons learned at Eclipse moving to Git - Mylyn Versions and EGitCode Review with Git, Gerrit and MylynConclusionQ&A Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

Why Version Control? VCS became essential to software development because: They allow teams to collaborate They manage change and allow for inspection They track ownership They track evolution of changes They allow for branching They allow for continuous integration Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

Version Control: The Distributed Every client has a copy of the full repository locally All repository operations are local (except sharing) Intelligent network operations when sharing content A very non linear revision history Large online communities to share changes Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

Software Trends and Revolution Most major open source projects use some form of DVCS Git, Hg, Bazaar Linux MySQL OpenJDK Android JQuery Gnome Fedora Bugzilla and so on... But why? Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

Benefits of Distributed Version Control Can collaborate without a central authority Disconnected operations Easy branching and merging Define your own workflow Powerful community sharing tools Easier path to contributor to committer Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

Collaboration Developers can easily collaborate directly without needing a central authority or dealing with server administration costs Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

Disconnected operations rule! Developers can still be productive and not worry about a central server going down... remember the days of complaining that CVS was down and you couldnt work? Also, theres a lighter server load for administrators! Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

Branches everywhereCreating and destroying branches are simpleoperations so its easy to experimentwith new ideasVery easy to isolate changes Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

Define your own workflow Define your own workflow to meet your team needs. Different workflows can be adopted as your team grows without changing VCS toolsets! Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

DVCS and Building CommunityDevelopers can easily discover and fork projects. Ontop of that, its simple for developers to share theirchanges“Distributed version control is all about empoweringyour community, and the people who might join yourcommunity” - Mark Shuttleworth Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

Version Control at Eclipse Eclipse defined a roadmap to move to Git in 2009 CVS/SVN are deprecated now Each project is moving to Git on its own timeline... So why did Eclipse.org choose Git? Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

#1: Git-related projects at Eclipse.org … both the core Git library (JGit) and tooling (EGit) are actively developed at Eclipse.org by a diverse set of committers and contributors with a common goal Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

#4: Git community tools … interested in taking advantage of such Git tools like Gerrit Code Review (used by the Android community) and GitHub Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

Eclipse.org: Challenges moving to a DVCSConvincing management and peers was tough - At first, everyone is resistant to changeThe learning curve of DVCS systems is high - Initially, the Eclipse tooling was “alpha” - People refuse to drop to the CLILegacy is a pain in the ass! - 200+ projects at Eclipse used CVS/SVN - The existing VCS tooling was high quality Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

No free lunch!… trust me, the only way to learn DVCS is to start usingit... there is a learning curve, you need to rewire yourbrain! Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

AgendaIntroductionHudson (Jenkins) and MylynDistributed Version Control (DVCS)Code Review with Git, Gerrit and Mylyn - What is Code Review? - Introduction to Gerrit - Mylyn Reviews Demo (Gerrit)ConclusionQ&A Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

What is Code Review?When one developer writes code, another developeris asked to review that codeA careful line-by-line critiqueHappens in a non-threatening contextGoal is cooperation, not fault-findingOften an integral part of coding processDebugging someone elses broken code– Involuntary code review: Not so good; emotions may flare [1] http://code.google.com/p/rietveld/downloads/detail?name=Mondrian2006.pdf Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

Code Review BenefitsFour eyes catch more bugs § Catch bugs early to save hours of debuggingEnforce coding standards § Keep overall readability & code quality highMentoring of new developers § Learn from mistakes without breaking stuffEstablish trust relationships § Prepare for more delegationGood alternative to pair programming § asynchronous and across locations [1] http://code.google.com/p/rietveld/downloads/detail?name=Mondrian2006.pdf Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

Gerrit Code Review Gerrit is a Code Review system based on JGit http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/ Also serves as a git server adding access control and workflow Used by • Android https://review.source.android.com/ • JGit, EGit http://egit.eclipse.org/r/ • Google, Red Hat, SAP, … Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

History: Google and code review tools Mondrian (Guido van Rossum) • based on Perforce, Google infrastructure • Google proprietary Rietvield (Guido van Rossum) • based on Subversion • Open Source hosted on GoogleApp Engine Gerrit (Shawn Pearce) • started as a fork of Rietvield • based on JGit and GWT • Open Source (Android) • Apache 2 license Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

One Branch One Feature Master branch contains only reviewed and approved changes • master moves from good to better state after each (approved) change Each feature branch is based on master branch • stable starting point A change can really be abandoned because • no other approved change can depend on a not yet approved change • Gerrit will automatically reject a successor change of an abandoned change Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

Gerrit – Lifecycle of a Change • create local topic topic branch master • commit change 1 • push it for review a • do review • automated verification Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

Gerrit – Lifecycle of a Change • create local topic topic branch master • commit change • push it for review 1 • do review • automated a verification topic master c • refine based on 3 review • push new patchsets b 2 until review votes ok 1 a Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

Gerrit – Lifecycle of a Change • create local topic master topic branch master • commit change • push it for review d topic 1 • do review a • automated verification c 3 b topic master 2 c • refine based on a 1 3 review • push new patchsets b until review votes ok 2 • Submit may lead to server-side merge 1 a • or merge / rebase before push Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

AgendaHistory of Version Control (VCS)Hudson (Jenkins) and MylynDistributed Version Control (DVCS)Code Review with Git and GerritConclusionQ&A Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

ConclusionThe Mylyn project restructuring is a sign of maturityThe future of version control is distributed!Mylyn Builds works great with Hudson (Jenkins)Gerrit enables a nice code review workflowMylyn Reviews integrates with GerritDeveloping with Mylyn saves time! Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

Git Resources http://git-scm.com/documentation is your friend Watch Linus talk at Google http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8 Read the Pro Git book - http://progit.org/book/ Effective Development with Mylyn, Hudson, Git and Gerrit | © 2011 by Chris Aniszczyk

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