Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

GitHub Open Sources Their Internal Testing Tool (thenewstack.io)

Posted by timothy on from the good-works dept.

destinyland writes: Last week GitHub released a new open source tool called Scientist, a Ruby-based library they've been using in-house for several years. "It's the most terrifying moment when you flip the switch," GitHub engineer Jesse Toth told one technology reporter, who notes that the tool is targeted at developers transitioning from a legacy system. "Scientist was born when GitHub engineers needed to rewrite the permissions code — one of the most critical systems in the GitHub application." The tool measures execution duration and other metrics for both test and production code during runtime, and Toth reports that they're now also developing new versions in Node.js, C#, and .Net..

4 of 62 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Github, a bastion for libtard SJWs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Interesting note is this: https://static2.businessinsider.com/image/56b3d2462e526543008b5049-705-529/nicole%20sanchez-diversity-training2.png. This is actually a Github company slide given during a presentation. Github views white women as privileged and barriers to advancement of "the oppressed". Your point is made.

  2. Re:I wonder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not in Python. In python the WHITE spaces matter. Python is clearly a racist language supported by the white establishment to hold down people of color by making the WHITE spaces matter.

  3. Re:Looks pointless to me by Hulfs · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's a little more than that, but not much more. They're pushing this tool hard for some reason, there was even a mention in Wired about it.

    Basically, it runs two codes paths A) Legacy Code Path B) Code path replacing A. and allows for some way of recording timings on the code paths and recording the return value (or catching errors). It's a nice tool to put in place when you want to try and replace some crufty code and try and make sure you're not going to end up hosing your system with the new code.

    One HUGE gotcha with this tool is that the code paths under test must remain side-effect free. Which means it's useless for testing any code that modifies your databases or modifies anything at all in your system.

  4. Re:Github, a bastion for libtard SJWs by Sax+Russell+5449D29A · · Score: 4, Funny

    Harassment includes, but is not limited to: [...] simulated physical contact (eg, textual descriptions like “hug” or “backrub”) without consent or after a request to stop

    I have to admit I actually laughed irl. *hug*

    --
    -SR