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A test environment for new app features without interferring with existing users #110

Open zhang-alvin opened 4 years ago

zhang-alvin commented 4 years ago

I tinkered with probot last month to create a bot that could check the sizes of added files on pull requests (see here if interested).

I wound up deploying a functional app, but it was implemented inefficiently because I was playing around too much and because of time constraints.

As a newbie to JavaScript/node.js and to backend development, I'm not sure how to begin the process for upgrading my implementation without interrupting service. For example, the webhook URL is configured to point to the deployment platform (Heroku) so how can I implement a new version, test it on GitHub, and then push it to Heroku?

Any pointers or references would be much appreciated.

gr2m commented 4 years ago

You can register a new application on github, and call it e.g. sizeCheck (Test). Than install that app on a test repository.

You can simply start probot on your local machine. As long as you didn't configure the APP_ID / PRIVATE_KEY / WEBHOOK_SECRET variables, probot will help you register the app from http://localhost:3000

zhang-alvin commented 4 years ago

@gr2m Thanks for the response. I was hoping that there'd be a more elegant way of handling this, but I'm okay with this approach.

kevinslyn commented 3 years ago

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