Design CI/CD Strategy for the Project

[brolag]

Description:

We need to establish a continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) strategy for this project to ensure code quality, streamline development, and automate the deployment process.

Key Requirements:

1. CI Pipeline:

   • Automated tests for all pull requests.
   • Biome (linting and formatting) checks for all commits.
   • Unit tests and integration tests (ensure adequate test coverage).
   • Clear error reporting for failing pipelines.

2. CD Pipeline:

   • Automatic deployment to staging after successful builds.
   • Enable manual promotion to production after approval.
   • Support for rollback in case of deployment failures.

3. Tooling:

   • Use GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or other preferred CI/CD tools.
   • Integration with the current GitHub repository.
   • Secrets management for deploying to staging and production.

4. Notifications:

   • Notifications on build failures (Slack, Email, or GitHub status checks).

5. Versioning:

   • Implement automated versioning (e.g., Semantic Versioning).

Acceptance Criteria:

• CI pipeline is triggered on every push and pull request.
• Linting and formatting checks are part of the CI process.
• Deployment to staging happens automatically post-merge to the main branch.
• Manual deployment process for production with rollback capability.
• Notifications on pipeline status integrated with communication tools.

Additional Context:

• Current testing suite is set up with Jest (or relevant testing framework).
• Use Biome as a linter and formatter.
• The project uses Next.js and requires environment-specific builds.

Resources:

• GitHub Actions Documentation

[IamEnergyI]

Is there a social media to communicate well, trying to locate it, couldnt find one

[falconcr]

Here's a structured CI/CD implementation proposal for our team based on the GitFlow model:

CI/CD Implementation Proposal

To streamline development and deployment, we will adopt the GitFlow branching model with the following structure:

Branch Workflow

1. Feature Branches:

   • Naming Convention: feat-<ticket>
   • Developers will work on individual feature branches for isolated development.

2. Develop Branch:

   • All feature branches will be merged into develop via Pull Requests (PRs).
   • This branch is used for integration testing to ensure all features work as expected.
   • If something breaks during testing, the related ticket will be rejected for fixes.

3. Main Branch:

   • Only code that has been tested and approved from develop can be merged into main.
   • Direct commits to main are not allowed.
   • All merges into main will go through a PR reviewed and approved by at least one Tech Lead or Lead Developer.

CI Pipeline

1. Pull Request Checks:

   • Every PR (to develop or main) will:
     • Run linting to enforce code quality standards.
     • Execute unit tests to verify functionality.
   • If any checks fail, developers are responsible for addressing the issues before the PR can proceed.

2. Develop Environment:

   • Merges to develop will trigger deployment to a development environment (e.g., using Vercel or a similar tool).
   • This environment allows testing of integrated features.

3. Main Environment:

   • Merges to main will trigger deployment to a production environment.
   • Only code that passes all develop checks and is confirmed to be stable will be merged to main.

Merge Conditions

• No merge to main will occur if the develop branch has known issues or failing checks.
• Developers must resolve all issues in develop before proceeding.

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Key Benefits

• Clear structure for feature development and integration.
• Ensures code quality through automated linting and unit testing.
• Protects production stability by enforcing strict merge rules.
• Enables faster issue detection through dedicated dev and prod environments.

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This setup will create a disciplined workflow while promoting collaboration and ensuring high-quality code.

@brolag let me know what you think.

[rvalenciano]

@falconcr this looks amazing. Some minor details and questions:

On regards of feature branches:

You say:

Feature Branches:

Naming Convention: feat-<ticket>
Developers will work on individual feature branches for isolated development.

I think this is good, but we should also add for other types of branches:

Bug Fixes

Format: fix/-description
Example: fix/ST-456-profile-image-upload

Hotfixes

Format: hotfix/-description
Example: hotfix/ST-789-security-patch

Release Branches

Format: release/v
Example: release/v1.2.0

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On regards of testing

• Execute unit and integration tests to verify functionality.
• Ensures coverage of code doesn't fall behind certain thresholds.

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On regards of security

I would add

security:

• npm audit, so we are sure we are not introudcing vulnerable dependencies.
• Dependency scanning with Dependabot enabled on this repo.

[rvalenciano]

Also, how would it look like to onboard a new secret to the application?

[brolag]

Blocked until we deploy version 0