Avedis777

Automated testing is a very useful feature that is simple to implement in any open source project. It allows the testing to be automated to ensure that nothing will break when things are changed. In the open source world, code is changed quite often so having automated testing can make it easy to track and manage errors and we can know if the code is properly written to pass the tests. Overall, it is very beneficial in open source programming. Travis CI makes it very easy to link your Github page and the repos on it. It is very easy to get started and I would recommend it to everyone! I always used to do my testing by outputting the results and comparing it with whatever I had in my head, now, it does it all on it's own.

For my Open Source class at school, I had a lab to create a repo. This was my first repo ever and it was very fun to do. I had very detailed instructions on what to do and I got the hang of it very fast. It's interesting how open source works. I chose to use the Rust library to work on the lab. The lab is a multi step lab and will be added onto in the upcoming weeks. I had to design a library for obtaining file info. The best part about open source is that it is open source! Meaning as long as I follow the license rules of other projects, I can essentially reuse their code. Instead of reinventing the wheel, I can build on what already exists. And that's the power of open source. The next step for me is to use continuous integration in my project. I have never done this and it will be a good experience and it will be very valuable to learn because it is something that can be used in my future projects. I will talk about it more in my next blog.