Yes, an on-the-fly container would work assuming it used the test
configuration/data for GLVs. That's why i suggested the command as I did
because it was similar to docker/build.sh.


On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 7:25 AM Robert Dale <[email protected]> wrote:

> Do you want to create a docker container on-the-fly using the current
> working copy kind of like we do for docker/build.sh?
>
> Robert Dale
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 7:16 AM Stephen Mallette <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > testcontainers seems neat as it gives some good integration and
> automation,
> > however reliance on nightly snapshots doesn't sound so great. There are
> > times when changes are occurring on both client and server so a local
> > up-to-the-moment image would be necessary. I also think we might want to
> > avoid nightly snapshots of anything until the ASF figures out more
> clearly
> > how those play into projects (there is a bit of discussion going on with
> > that now). I do like the idea of being able to test against older
> versions
> > though.  Ensuring backward compatibility.is a nice thought.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 4:38 AM Florian Hockmann <[email protected]
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Fantastic idea, I often missed the ability to just start tests for
> > > Gremlin.Net from my IDE.
> > >
> > > Luckily for us, there is a project that is aimed exactly at problems
> like
> > > this:
> > > https://www.testcontainers.org/
> > >
> > > The basic idea of Testcontainers is that you define a Docker container
> in
> > > your tests for whatever external dependencies you need. Databases are a
> > > frequent example where Testcontainers makes sense. For us, Gremlin
> Server
> > > would be such a container.
> > > Testcontainers then uses the ability of the testing framework (e.g.
> > JUnit)
> > > to start the Docker container for the tests and waits until they are
> > fully
> > > started (how they are started can be configured for each container
> > > differently). After the tests have completed, it also stops the
> > containers
> > > again.
> > > That way, you don't have to manage the containers manually anymore.
> > > Everything is done in the background by the IDE / the build tool.
> > >
> > > Testcontainers was originally a Java library, but they now also have
> > > libraries for different languages, including the ones for which we have
> > > GLVs:
> > >
> > > testcontainers-python:
> > > https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python
> > > testcontainers-dotnet
> > > <
> >
> https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-pythontestcontainers-dotnet
> > >:
> > > https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-dotnet
> > > testcontainers-node
> > > <
> >
> https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-dotnettestcontainers-node
> > >:
> > > https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-node
> > >
> > > Testcontainers-java is the most advanced library of these of course.
> The
> > > others still lack some functionality, but I guess that we could also
> just
> > > contribute to those libraries if an important feature is missing for
> us.
> > >
> > > I wanted to use Testcontainers for Gremlin.Net, but
> testcontainers-dotnet
> > > unfortunately can only use images that are available in some registry.
> > So,
> > > we would have to push a Docker Image of Gremlin Server to DockerHub to
> > use
> > > it in our tests. That means that we could either only test the GLVs
> > against
> > > already released versions or we could publish something like nightly
> > build
> > > images of Gremlin Server.
> > > I originally wanted to wait until testcontainers-dotnet is able to use
> > > images that are only available locally (testcontainers-java already has
> > > that capability), but now that I think more about this, I think that it
> > > makes actually more sense to use images that are available in the
> > registry
> > > as every developer would otherwise have to build test images first
> > locally
> > > in order to use them for tests.
> > >
> > > So, I suggest that you guys take a look at Testcontainers to see
> whether
> > > you agree that it's a good solution to our problem and then we can see
> > > whether we want to publish nightly builds for the GLV tests or how we
> > want
> > > to handle that.
> > >
> > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > > Von: Stephen Mallette <[email protected]>
> > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 26. Februar 2019 22:24
> > > An: [email protected]
> > > Betreff: docker and GLV development
> > >
> > > Anyone have any idea how to make it so that docker can be useful for
> > > helping to streamline GLV development? I'd love to be able to do
> > something
> > > like:
> > >
> > > docker/gremlin-server.sh -test
> > >
> > > which would start Gremlin Server with our standard test configuration
> > > (currently built into the maven tool chain, but I think that could be
> > > extracted without too much difficulty). That way, we could easily open
> up
> > > whatever GLV specific IDE we wanted and run tests directly in there,
> use
> > > the debugger, etc.
> > >
> > > Sound useful? and if so, is that something that is easy/possible? and
> > then
> > > further....any volunteers with the know-how to get that setup (i'm
> happy
> > to
> > > assist however i can)?
> > >
> > > btw, if you have a nicer way to set up an environment for GLV
> development
> > > and docker is a waste of time, please clue me in. i don't mind using
> the
> > > maven integration but i feel like i could be more efficient with a more
> > > streamlined setup.
> > >
> > >
> >
>

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