September 2016 Summaries

Semaphore emphasizes continuous learning and knowledge sharing by creating and sharing tutorials on TDD and BDD best practices in their Community. They collaborate with experts like Will Stern, who produces video tutorials on topics like React.js, Node.js, Docker, and DevOps. Recently, Will contributed by writing a tutorial on unit testing for React applications and created videos on using Semaphore for testing Node.js applications and continuous deployment. These resources are designed to assist developers in implementing continuous integration and deployment, with Semaphore offering free testing for open source projects and a free trial for private projects.

A bug in the newly updated Bundler version 1.13.0 led to incorrect dependency resolution, which was not identified during the release candidate phase of the 1609 platform, resulting in the issue being deployed to production. To address this, the 1609.1 update has reverted Bundler to version 1.12.5, and efforts will be made to prevent similar occurrences in future platform updates. Further details on the changes can be found in the platform changelog, and discussions about the article are encouraged on their Discord channel.

Scheduled for September 27th, 2016, the upcoming platform update introduces several software version upgrades and new additions. Key updates include Bundler to version 1.13.0, ChromeDriver to 2.24, Firefox ESR to 45.3.0, Go to 1.7.1, JRuby to versions 1.7.26 and 9.1.5.0, MySQL to 5.6.33, PHP to versions 5.6.26 and 7.0.11, RethinkDB to 2.3.5, and wkhtmltopdf to 0.12.3. New additions in the release candidate platform include Amazon ECS CLI version 0.4.4, and NodeJS versions 6.6.0 and 4.5.0, which can be used by specifying them in the build commands. Users are encouraged to test the compatibility of these updates by switching to the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS v1609 release candidate platform during the testing period, which concludes on the update's release date. Feedback during this period is encouraged to address potential issues and customize the platform to user needs. The final release will also see the Docker-enabled platform updated with docker-engine version 1.12.1, and a complete list of changes can be found in the platform changelog.