Standards & Processes

Processes

Task Management

• Each userstory is created as a Github issue
• Each userstory is recorded in the sprint planning spradsheet on Google Sheets
• Team members update Github issues' statuses throughout the sprint
• Team members update spreadsheet hours throughout the sprint

Pull Requests

• Must be approved by two other team members
• Must pass the build checks for both the API and the mobile app

Standup

• Each team member records their updates in the Discord's #progressupdates text channel
• Standup is held in person during class

Gitflow

Branches

• main - The current release of the application
• develop - Working and finished features
  • It is merged into main at the end of a sprint
  • Frequently merge this branch into your feature branch
  • ALWAYS merge this branch into your feature branch before making a pull request
    • This ensures your branch is up to date with develop
• test - Deploys to the testing environment
  • NEVER merge this branch into any other branch
• feature branches - An individual feature branch is generally created for every issue/userstory
  • Created/branched from develop

FocusFriends Gitflow Diagram.zip

Gitflow Diagram Draw.io file

End of Sprint Routine

• The day before a retrospective
  • Pull requests submitted after 10 AM will not be considered for this sprint
  • A release will be created at 6 PM before Sprint Retrospective
    • The release process involves merging develop into main
    • After this, pull requests will no longer be merged for this sprint

CI Flow

• Whenever a there's a push to a branch, Github Actions will be automatically run to build FocusAPI and FocusApp (using android framework)
  • These will be used as status checks on pull requests so reviewers won't need to build the projects manually

CD Flow

This is discussed in the Test Environment Page