benhall / flask-demo

CI/CD Pipeline for flask-demo

This section provides an overview of the CI/CD pipeline implemented for the flask-demo project.

The project leverages a combination of Makefile, coverage, and unittest to achieve a basic CI/CD workflow. This workflow focuses on automated testing and code coverage reporting.

Testing

  • Testing Framework: The project utilizes unittest as the primary testing framework.
  • Test Runner: The Makefile defines a test target that uses the unittest module to execute tests within the tests directory.
  • Test Coverage: coverage is used for generating code coverage reports, which are essential for identifying untested areas of the codebase.

Code Coverage

  • Coverage Reporting: The coverage tool provides detailed coverage reports, including line-by-line coverage statistics, in both text and HTML formats.
  • Code Coverage Targets: The coverage tool enables the definition of specific code coverage targets, helping to ensure a high level of testing.
  • Makefile Integration: The Makefile includes targets for running coverage analysis and generating reports (coverage and coverage-single).

Workflow Summary

  1. Testing: The test target within the Makefile executes all tests.
  2. Coverage Analysis: The coverage command generates a comprehensive coverage report.
  3. Reporting: The coverage report is outputted in both text and HTML formats.

This basic CI/CD pipeline, while not fully automated, provides a foundation for testing and code coverage analysis. As the project grows, the pipeline can be enhanced with additional steps for continuous integration, continuous delivery, and automated deployment.

Top-Level Directory Explanations

blueprints/ - Blueprints are reusable templates for Flask applications. They define the structure and basic functionality of an application, allowing developers to create new projects quickly. The blueprints/ directory in this project likely contains one or more blueprints for the Flask-Demo application.