2016 niweek - ti’s continuous delivery machine for accelerated application deployment

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TI’s Continuous Delivery Machine for Accelerated Application Deployment

Ching-Hwa Yu, CLA, CTASenior Validation Software Architect, Texas Instruments

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chinghwayu

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Agenda• Big Picture• Delivery Pipeline• Components of the Machine• Pulling It Together• Lessons Learned

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About TI

800+ users

Validation Automation Software Suite

TI HQFacilitiesManufacturing

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About TI

FrameworkCustomSteps

Tools

Drivers

Database

LabVIEWTestStand

SCM

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Big Picture

Agile Manifesto2001

Continuous Integration2006

Continuous Delivery2010

Evolution of Agile Software Development

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Big Picture

• Process inefficiency• Manual deployments• Lack of test environments• “Build Master”

Common Issues

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Delivery Pipeline• Continuous Integration (CI):

Check-ins verified by automated build to ensure all components are working together and passing tests

• Continuous Delivery (CD):

Ship releases regularly with a push of a button

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Continuous Delivery

Develop

Build

TestStage

Deploy

The Multi-Tool Pipeline

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Continuous DeliveryMinimum Viable Product (MVP)

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Components of the Machine

Develop

Build

TestStage

Deploy

Software Configuration Management and Code Review

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Develop

Software Configuration Management and Code Review

Mercurial PerforceGit

GitLab Bitbucket SwarmGitHub

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Develop

Build

TestStage

Deploy

Continuous Integration

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Build

VIPM Pro

Continuous Integration

LabVIEW

Jenkins Bamboo TeamCity

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Components of the MachineBuild Engine: LabVIEW-CLI

McNally, J. (2016). Command line application and LabVIEW library

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Components of the MachineBuild Engine: LabVIEW-CLI

McNally, J. (2016). Command line application and LabVIEW library

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Components of the MachineBuild Engine: LabVIEW Spec

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Components of the MachineBuild Engine: VIPB Spec

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Develop

Build

TestStage

Deploy

Static Code Analysis, Unit Testing, and Integration Testing

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Test

VI Tester

Static Code Analysis, Unit Testing, and Integration Testing

VI Analyzer Unit TestFramework

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Develop

Build

TestStage

Deploy

Code Delivery

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Stage

Deploy

Code Delivery

Jenkins Bamboo TeamCity

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Putting It TogetherDelivery Orchestration

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Source Code1

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Source Code

Build and Test

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Source Code

Build and Test

QA

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Source Code

Build and TestStagingQA

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Source Code

Build and Test

Production

StagingQA

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Lessons Learned• Understand the manual process• Use Agile to become Agile• Design for Test• Design for Automation• Scaling

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Resources• Continuous Delivery by Jez Humble and David Farley

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0321601912• Continuous Integration by Paul Duvall, Steve Matyas, and

Andrew Glover http://www.amazon.com/dp/0321336380• My Blog http://chinghwayu.com• Continuous Integration User Group• https://

decibel.ni.com/content/groups/continuous-integration-in-labview

• Minimum Viable Producthttp://blog.crisp.se/2016/01/25/henrikkniberg/making-sense-of-mvp

• LabVIEW-CLI by James McNally https://devs.wiresmithtech.com/

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0321601912



http://chinghwayu.com/

https://decibel.ni.com/content/groups/continuous-integration-in-labview



http://blog.crisp.se/2016/01/25/henrikkniberg/making-sense-of-mvp

http://blog.crisp.se/2016/01/25/henrikkniberg/making-sense-of-mvp

https://devs.wiresmithtech.com/

https://devs.wiresmithtech.com/