[QA] Pair programming Friday for fun and profit

[Jeff Hall]

Thanks Željko!  I thought this morning's pairing session was very valuable,
and although I'm familiar with some of the specific tools involved, this
pairing session gave me a great introduction to how the WMF is using those
tools, and provided direction on a workflow to use in trying to determine
the source of some of those red dots in Jenkins.  So now I'll see if I can
figure out how to make some of those red dots turn green!

I would definitely encourage others on this list who are trying to get
their feet wet to consider doing a paired programming session with Željko,
since it's a great way to get an orientation as to how all the pieces fit
together!

Cheers,

Jeff Hall


On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Željko Filipin <zfilipin at wikimedia.org>wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Željko Filipin <zfilipin at wikimedia.org>wrote:
>
>> And the winner of the pairing lottery is ... (drum roll) ... Jeffrey
>> Hall! :)
>
>
> tldr[0]: Jeff and I paired today. We did had some minor technical
> difficulties (loud neighbours and internet hiccups) but I think it was fun.
> I will leave it to him to confirm or deny. :)
>
> Longer version:
>
> I have shared my screen and showed him our two Jenkins instances[1][2]. We
> picked a failed Jenkins job[3] and tried to reproduce it both locally and
> at Sauce Labs[4]. While debugging the problem I was talking about all the
> tools I was using. He was familiar with a lot of them but I think it was
> useful for him to see how we use them. I also gave him a short introduction
> into how test code is structured.
>
> The test was failing in several ways on my machine and on Sauce Labs, so
> in one hour that we had, we were not able to consistently reproduce the
> error. If we had more time we would find a way to reproduce the problem and
> fix it.
>
> If that sounds fun, the next "Pair programming Friday for fun and profit"
> will be next Friday, October 25, 1:30-2:30pm UTC/GMT.
>
> The rules stay the same:
>
> - First-come, first-served.
> - REPLY NOW because there is only one pairing session left!!!!111oneoneone
> - Requirements: a computer and internet connection that can handle video
> conference (Google Hangout, Skype...).
> - Day and/or time is not good for you? Let me know, we will figure
> something out.
>
> Željko
> --
> 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Too_long;_didn't_read
> 1: https://wmf.ci.cloudbees.com/
> 2: https://integration.wikimedia.org/ci/
> 3:
> https://wmf.ci.cloudbees.com/view/r-ve/job/VisualEditor-en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org-linux-chrome/lastCompletedBuild/testReport/(root)/VisualEditor%20cursor/Cursor_over_link_shows_link_icons/
> 4: https://saucelabs.com
>
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