Dev Ops Ideas

[li-kai]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Something we've always wanted to do, but didn't have the time and/or wasn't the right timing.

Describe the solution you'd like

1. Migrate from circleci to github actions Reasoning:

   • less login/password maintenance
   • integrated ui is really good for beginners

2. Re-enable dependabot Reasoning:

   • Reduces the pain of upgrading frameworks through multiple breaking changes
   • dependabot has much much better configuration options now, reducing the noise if properly configured

3. Disable testcov Reasoning:

   • It's hard, and not worth the ROI of writing UI unit tests
   • What we want are e2e tests, but this can be subsumed by thousands of NUS people using this app
   • Makes it less scary for contributors because they don't see a red cross

Describe alternatives you've considered

No-op is possible. Don't break what's not broken. Feel free to close this issue.

Additional context

Ideas from 2019, and experience since then.

[davidlhw]

happy to take this if it's open for grabs