March 2022¶

Published on March 31, 2022

Welcome to our March 2022 update! This month brought impressive development momentum with 34 pull requests merged, primarily contributed by @tschaffter and @vpchung. March was a pivotal month focused on implementing comprehensive test coverage, establishing development workflows, and building out core platform features for the Challenge Registry.

Summary¶

Total Pull Requests: 34 merged PRs
Key Focus: Test coverage implementation, CI/CD optimization, web application development
Major Projects: Challenge Registry frontend development, development environment standardization, coverage reporting system

Technical Architecture Overview¶

Coverage reporting system¶

March introduced a comprehensive test coverage reporting system that aggregates coverage data across all TypeScript and Python projects in the monorepo. The implementation combines Jest for TypeScript testing with Python's coverage tools, automatically merging reports during CI/CD execution. This unified approach provides clear visibility into code quality metrics while supporting the diverse technology stack of the Sage ecosystem.

Development environment standardization¶

The development workflow received significant improvements with the introduction of standardized development container configurations and streamlined dependency management. These changes eliminate environment-specific issues and provide consistent development experiences across different platforms. The new approach separates Docker-based deployment from local development requirements, making it easier for contributors to get started.

Challenge Registry platform evolution¶

The Challenge Registry web application saw substantial progress with the implementation of core user interface components and routing infrastructure. The development focused on creating reusable component libraries and establishing clear architectural patterns for future feature development. The platform now supports user profiles, organization pages, and authentication workflows.

Pull Requests Merged¶

Platform infrastructure¶

#122: Fix API coverage file paths
#121: Fix api coverage
#119: Generate coverage report in lcov format for the API
#117: Add coverage badge and a few TS unit tests
#115: Generate coverage score
#99: Use dev container sagebionetworks/python-3-node:0.0.1
#97: Fix web-app docker issue related to CA
#89: Use Node.js 16 (LTS) in CI workflow
#88: Cache node_modules in CI workflow
#87: Make use of Node.js cache in CI workflow
#85: Add pyenv to development requirements
#81: Cleanup nx cache
#67: Mirror VS Code settings to dev container config
#66: Set docker service name of web-app
#64: Enable nx scan option
#60: Add CODEOWNERS

Challenge Registry application¶

#112: Document how to add a theme to a component
#105: Document how styles, assets and themes work
#104: Add Challenges page
#102: Add org page
#101: Patch user profile
#96: Add user page
#94: Add Log in page
#92: Generate Sign up page
#90: Rename search-viewer to challenge-search
#82: Add about page
#79: Add sections to navbar
#78: Add not found page
#68: Import homepage

Documentation and governance¶

#95: update readme

Community Impact¶

March 2022 marked a significant milestone in the Challenge Registry project's evolution toward a modern, maintainable platform. The focus on test coverage and development standardization demonstrates the team's commitment to sustainable development practices. These foundational improvements will enable faster, more reliable feature development while maintaining the high quality standards expected in the biomedical research community.

The comprehensive approach to development environment setup and documentation ensures that new contributors can quickly become productive, supporting the open-source nature of the Sage Bionetworks mission.

Thank You¶

Last but certainly not least, a big Thank You to the contributors of the Sage monorepo.

Your dedication to building robust, well-tested software infrastructure continues to enable groundbreaking research in the biomedical community. Together, we're creating tools that empower scientists and accelerate discovery.