Re: [DISCUSS] Improve code quality

2019-09-15 Thread Moaz Reyad
Thank you all for participating in the discussion. It is nice that everyone
agrees that code quality is important.

Here are some comments:

1. It seems that everyone agrees on cpplint and pylint, but no one
discussed lgtm. Do you agree on using also the lgtm tool which is proposed
in [1] ? or do you think it is not needed and the cpplint and pylint is
enough? Note that there are lgtm badges that can be added to SINGA readme
on Github and acts as a certificate of the code quality that is visible to
everyone. While cpplint and pylint are not as visible as lgtm. Also lgtm
seems to report other problems that cpplint and pylint do not recognize.
Please share your ideas about the lgtm tool and SINGA-484 [1] issue.

2. We need to separate the discussion of the problem of future code quality
and the problem of current code quality. Enforcing code quality in future
is great, but in my opinion the team must take some actions also for the
current code. There are hundreds of issues reported by the three tools as
mentioned in my previous email. Not all of them are important of course,
but some percentage of them need to be fixed.

3. For future code quality, it is a good idea to use continuous integration
to run static code checking (cpplint, pylint and also RAT). I can open a
ticket in jira for this and anyone is welcome to implement it (after
finishing the more urgent issues with Travis CI). But cpplint and pylint
test will show too many errors already on the current code in the master
branch. This is why I think we need to solve the problem of current code
quality before enforcing future code quality.

4. The official site of SINGA is [2]. When the user navigates to "How to
Contribute Code" link, he will go to [3]. The link that was mention in [4]
is not accessible from [2]. The English site was moved to the root as the
default language [5], so no need to use "/en" folder in the path. If you
use the latest site build script [6], it will not create "/en" folder. This
means the link [4] was not generated by the latest site build script [6].

5. The code style instructions in [4] can be useful only for code style
issues, but all other code problems (such as those hundreds of issues
reported by the three tools) are not only about code style. Check the LGTM
alerts for SINGA [7] for example, they are not code style or readability
issues. (e.g unused variables, unreachable code, ..)

best regards,
Moaz

[1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/SINGA/issues/SINGA-484
[2] http://singa.apache.org
[3] http://singa.apache.org/develop/contribute-code.html
[4] http://singa.apache.org/en/develop/contribute-code.html
[5] https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/SINGA/issues/SINGA-436
[6] https://github.com/apache/incubator-singa/blob/master/doc/build.sh
[7] https://lgtm.com/projects/g/apache/incubator-singa/alerts/?mode=list

On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 5:02 PM Yeung Sai Ho  wrote:

> P.S. Therefore, tools like cpplint and pylint are useful and can be
> integrated into CI process that can check code automatically.
>
> 從我的 iPhone 傳送
>
> Yeung Sai Ho mailto:dcs...@nus.edu.sg>> 於 2019年9月15日
> 下午10:18 寫道:
>
>
> Dear Prof. Moaz Reyad,
>
>
>
> Nice to discuss with you, I am currently with NUS as a research fellow,
> and working with my peer co-workers (e.g. shicong/dcslin, joddly, shicheng,
> wanqi, pinpom, etc.) on SINGA leaded by our boss. I am Chris Yeung and this
> is my first time to join the discussion here.
>
>
>
> I agree with you. As a researcher and developer, I totally feel the same
> since code quality is very important. The code analysis tool could save our
> time and improve coding quality.
>
>
>
> In this email, please let me share my own personal view, concerning some
> recent daily practice in our local team which is currently using to enhance
> code quality:
>
>
>
> We are currently using the tools like cpplint and pylint to check and
> reformat the code so that we make sure our code is in compliance with the
> google style.
>
>
>
> Concerning our SINGA website, the new developers are suggested to read the
> following SINGA doc web page before they join developing the SINGA, which
> gives a complete and useful guide for their development:
>
> https://singa.apache.org/en/develop/contribute-code.html
>
>
>
> The above website recommends a very simple approach to enforce the Google
> coding styles: We can use the VS Code editor (
> https://code.visualstudio.com) and set the linting and formating tools.
> First, we need to install the C/C++ extension and python extension. Then,
> we can edit the seetings.json as:
>
> "editor.formatOnSave": true,
>
> "python.formatting.provider": "yapf",
>
> "python.formatting.yapfArgs": [
>
> "--style",
>
> "{based_on_style: google}"
>
> ],
>
> "python.linting.enabled": true,
>
> "python.linting.lintOnSave": true,
>
> "C_Cpp.clang_format_style": "Google"
>
>
>
> A reference settings.json file can be found here:
>
> https://gist.github.com/nudles/3d23cfb6ffb30ca7636c45fe60278c55
>
>

[GitHub] [incubator-singa] dcslin commented on a change in pull request #533: fixed operation add assertion for convolution

2019-09-15 Thread GitBox
dcslin commented on a change in pull request #533: fixed operation add 
assertion for convolution
URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-singa/pull/533#discussion_r324502113
 
 

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 File path: src/core/tensor/tensor_math_cpp.h
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 @@ -868,6 +868,25 @@ void RowMax(const Tensor& in, Tensor 
*out, Context *ctx) {
   }
 }
 
+template <>
+void SoftMax(const Tensor& in, Tensor* out, Context *ctx) {
 
 Review comment:
   Hi @nudles , it is not implemented in cpp yet. So we need to move this from 
`tensor.cc` into `tensor_math_cpp.h`. If not, when calling softmax with cpp, it 
will throw `not impl` fatal error.


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[GitHub] [incubator-singa] dcslin commented on a change in pull request #533: fixed operation add assertion for convolution

2019-09-15 Thread GitBox
dcslin commented on a change in pull request #533: fixed operation add 
assertion for convolution
URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-singa/pull/533#discussion_r324502113
 
 

 ##
 File path: src/core/tensor/tensor_math_cpp.h
 ##
 @@ -868,6 +868,25 @@ void RowMax(const Tensor& in, Tensor 
*out, Context *ctx) {
   }
 }
 
+template <>
+void SoftMax(const Tensor& in, Tensor* out, Context *ctx) {
 
 Review comment:
   Hi @nudles , it is not implemented in cpp yet. So we need to move this from 
`tensor.cc` into `tensor_math_cpp.h`. If not, when calling softmax with cpp, it 
will through `not impl` fatal error.


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Re: [DISCUSS] Improve code quality

2019-09-15 Thread Yeung Sai Ho
P.S. Therefore, tools like cpplint and pylint are useful and can be integrated 
into CI process that can check code automatically.

從我的 iPhone 傳送

Yeung Sai Ho mailto:dcs...@nus.edu.sg>> 於 2019年9月15日 下午10:18 
寫道:


Dear Prof. Moaz Reyad,



Nice to discuss with you, I am currently with NUS as a research fellow, and 
working with my peer co-workers (e.g. shicong/dcslin, joddly, shicheng, wanqi, 
pinpom, etc.) on SINGA leaded by our boss. I am Chris Yeung and this is my 
first time to join the discussion here.



I agree with you. As a researcher and developer, I totally feel the same since 
code quality is very important. The code analysis tool could save our time and 
improve coding quality.



In this email, please let me share my own personal view, concerning some recent 
daily practice in our local team which is currently using to enhance code 
quality:



We are currently using the tools like cpplint and pylint to check and reformat 
the code so that we make sure our code is in compliance with the google style.



Concerning our SINGA website, the new developers are suggested to read the 
following SINGA doc web page before they join developing the SINGA, which gives 
a complete and useful guide for their development:

https://singa.apache.org/en/develop/contribute-code.html



The above website recommends a very simple approach to enforce the Google 
coding styles: We can use the VS Code editor (https://code.visualstudio.com) 
and set the linting and formating tools. First, we need to install the C/C++ 
extension and python extension. Then, we can edit the seetings.json as:

"editor.formatOnSave": true,

"python.formatting.provider": "yapf",

"python.formatting.yapfArgs": [

"--style",

"{based_on_style: google}"

],

"python.linting.enabled": true,

"python.linting.lintOnSave": true,

"C_Cpp.clang_format_style": "Google"



A reference settings.json file can be found here:

https://gist.github.com/nudles/3d23cfb6ffb30ca7636c45fe60278c55



The developers are suggested to fix the format errors before submitting the PRs 
(pull requests).



In addition to the code quality improving tool, we also have the tools for 
adding documentations. The procedures to contribute for the documentation is in 
our SINGA doc web page:

https://singa.apache.org/en/develop/contribute-docs.html



In our recent development, we always perform peer discussion in the local team, 
formally meeting with our boss almost everyday, and seek advise from our boss 
whenever any problems arise. We learn from each other and improve ourselves 
gradually.



The above is just to share my own personal view, concerning our recent 
experience that also concerns code quality. Thank you very much for listening!



Best Regards,

Research Fellow

Chris YEUNG Sai Ho 
(https://scholar.google.com.sg/citations?user=9XAJsd0J=en and 
https://github.com/chrishkchris)



Sent from Mail for Windows 10



From: Wang Wei
Sent: Sunday, 15 September 2019 2:38 PM
To: dev@singa.incubator.apache.org
Cc: d...@singa.apache.org
Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Improve code quality



Hi Moaz,

I agree with you.
We did take some efforts to improve the code quality.
[1] introduces some tools for enforcing the coding style.
[2] introduces some tools for adding documentations.

The current issue is that our contributors may have applied different
coding styles and tools using their different editors.
I suggest to do some tests during the CI process, e.g., running the cpplint
and pylint.
If all tests pass, then we merge the PR.

Thanks!

Best,
Wei

[1]. http://singa.apache.org/en/develop/contribute-code.html
[2]. http://singa.apache.org/en/develop/contribute-docs.html

On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 2:36 AM Moaz Reyad 
mailto:m...@apache.org>> wrote:

> Dear team,
>
> Since SINGA is going to graduate soon from the incubator, I propose to use
> some tools to ensure high code quality. These tools check for known
> problems in the code and provide a detailed report for fixing them. May be
> some code came from scientific experimental projects. We need to improve
> this code according to industry standards, so it can be used with more real
> life projects.
>
> 1. I propose to add the code quality tools (cpplint[1], pylint[2] and
> lgtm[3]) to SINGA contribution guideline[4], so that each developer is
> encouraged to install and run code quality checks in his local repo and fix
> any problems before creating a pull request.
>
> 1.A CPP Lint: running cpplint in the src directory shows 822 errors, while
> running in the include directory shows 708 errors. The guidelines [4] has
> an outdated information that instructs developers to use an old
> non-existing file tool/cpplint.py.
>
> 1.B Python Lint: running pylint in python/singa shows 5.00/10 rating, while
> running in python/rafiki shows 0.00/10 rating.
>
> 1.C LGTM :There is a 

RE: [DISCUSS] Improve code quality

2019-09-15 Thread Yeung Sai Ho
Dear Prof. Moaz Reyad,



Nice to discuss with you, I am currently with NUS as a research fellow, and 
working with my peer co-workers (e.g. shicong/dcslin, joddly, shicheng, wanqi, 
pinpom, etc.) on SINGA leaded by our boss. I am Chris Yeung and this is my 
first time to join the discussion here.



I agree with you. As a researcher and developer, I totally feel the same since 
code quality is very important. The code analysis tool could save our time and 
improve coding quality.



In this email, please let me share my own personal view, concerning some recent 
daily practice in our local team which is currently using to enhance code 
quality:



We are currently using the tools like cpplint and pylint to check and reformat 
the code so that we make sure our code is in compliance with the google style.



Concerning our SINGA website, the new developers are suggested to read the 
following SINGA doc web page before they join developing the SINGA, which gives 
a complete and useful guide for their development:

https://singa.apache.org/en/develop/contribute-code.html



The above website recommends a very simple approach to enforce the Google 
coding styles: We can use the VS Code editor (https://code.visualstudio.com) 
and set the linting and formating tools. First, we need to install the C/C++ 
extension and python extension. Then, we can edit the seetings.json as:

"editor.formatOnSave": true,

"python.formatting.provider": "yapf",

"python.formatting.yapfArgs": [

"--style",

"{based_on_style: google}"

],

"python.linting.enabled": true,

"python.linting.lintOnSave": true,

"C_Cpp.clang_format_style": "Google"



A reference settings.json file can be found here:

https://gist.github.com/nudles/3d23cfb6ffb30ca7636c45fe60278c55



The developers are suggested to fix the format errors before submitting the PRs 
(pull requests).



In addition to the code quality improving tool, we also have the tools for 
adding documentations. The procedures to contribute for the documentation is in 
our SINGA doc web page:

https://singa.apache.org/en/develop/contribute-docs.html



In our recent development, we always perform peer discussion in the local team, 
formally meeting with our boss almost everyday, and seek advise from our boss 
whenever any problems arise. We learn from each other and improve ourselves 
gradually.



The above is just to share my own personal view, concerning our recent 
experience that also concerns code quality. Thank you very much for listening!



Best Regards,

Research Fellow

Chris YEUNG Sai Ho 
(https://scholar.google.com.sg/citations?user=9XAJsd0J=en and 
https://github.com/chrishkchris)



Sent from Mail for Windows 10



From: Wang Wei
Sent: Sunday, 15 September 2019 2:38 PM
To: dev@singa.incubator.apache.org
Cc: d...@singa.apache.org
Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Improve code quality



Hi Moaz,

I agree with you.
We did take some efforts to improve the code quality.
[1] introduces some tools for enforcing the coding style.
[2] introduces some tools for adding documentations.

The current issue is that our contributors may have applied different
coding styles and tools using their different editors.
I suggest to do some tests during the CI process, e.g., running the cpplint
and pylint.
If all tests pass, then we merge the PR.

Thanks!

Best,
Wei

[1]. http://singa.apache.org/en/develop/contribute-code.html
[2]. http://singa.apache.org/en/develop/contribute-docs.html

On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 2:36 AM Moaz Reyad  wrote:

> Dear team,
>
> Since SINGA is going to graduate soon from the incubator, I propose to use
> some tools to ensure high code quality. These tools check for known
> problems in the code and provide a detailed report for fixing them. May be
> some code came from scientific experimental projects. We need to improve
> this code according to industry standards, so it can be used with more real
> life projects.
>
> 1. I propose to add the code quality tools (cpplint[1], pylint[2] and
> lgtm[3]) to SINGA contribution guideline[4], so that each developer is
> encouraged to install and run code quality checks in his local repo and fix
> any problems before creating a pull request.
>
> 1.A CPP Lint: running cpplint in the src directory shows 822 errors, while
> running in the include directory shows 708 errors. The guidelines [4] has
> an outdated information that instructs developers to use an old
> non-existing file tool/cpplint.py.
>
> 1.B Python Lint: running pylint in python/singa shows 5.00/10 rating, while
> running in python/rafiki shows 0.00/10 rating.
>
> 1.C LGTM :There is a Jira ticket for adding LGTM badges to the README[5],
> so the quality of the code becomes more clear to everyone. LGTM pull
> request automation can't be enabled in Apache repo due to infra
> restrictions[6], but it works on personal forks 

Re: [DISCUSS] Improve code quality

2019-09-15 Thread Wang Wei
Hi Moaz,

I agree with you.
We did take some efforts to improve the code quality.
[1] introduces some tools for enforcing the coding style.
[2] introduces some tools for adding documentations.

The current issue is that our contributors may have applied different
coding styles and tools using their different editors.
I suggest to do some tests during the CI process, e.g., running the cpplint
and pylint.
If all tests pass, then we merge the PR.

Thanks!

Best,
Wei

[1]. http://singa.apache.org/en/develop/contribute-code.html
[2]. http://singa.apache.org/en/develop/contribute-docs.html

On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 2:36 AM Moaz Reyad  wrote:

> Dear team,
>
> Since SINGA is going to graduate soon from the incubator, I propose to use
> some tools to ensure high code quality. These tools check for known
> problems in the code and provide a detailed report for fixing them. May be
> some code came from scientific experimental projects. We need to improve
> this code according to industry standards, so it can be used with more real
> life projects.
>
> 1. I propose to add the code quality tools (cpplint[1], pylint[2] and
> lgtm[3]) to SINGA contribution guideline[4], so that each developer is
> encouraged to install and run code quality checks in his local repo and fix
> any problems before creating a pull request.
>
> 1.A CPP Lint: running cpplint in the src directory shows 822 errors, while
> running in the include directory shows 708 errors. The guidelines [4] has
> an outdated information that instructs developers to use an old
> non-existing file tool/cpplint.py.
>
> 1.B Python Lint: running pylint in python/singa shows 5.00/10 rating, while
> running in python/rafiki shows 0.00/10 rating.
>
> 1.C LGTM :There is a Jira ticket for adding LGTM badges to the README[5],
> so the quality of the code becomes more clear to everyone. LGTM pull
> request automation can't be enabled in Apache repo due to infra
> restrictions[6], but it works on personal forks of the project. Currently
> LGTM rates both C++ and Python code in SINGA as grade D.
>
> 2. I propose also to give the code quality higher priority in the next
> release since it is probably going to be the first release after
> graduation. The team is invited to fix as much as possible from the current
> code issues and to use tools that check their new code before pushing it to
> SINGA. Let's try to make the lgtm grade and lint rating as high as
> possible.
>
> Improving code quality is required to attract new users and developers.
> Users will trust more the project with better code and developers will be
> happy to contribute to it. It will also make the code review process easier
> and more productive instead of wasting time in finding and fixing known
> code problems.
>
> New developers (or old developers who did not contribute for a while and
> would like to warm up) can start working on fixing lgtm and lint issues,
> since they are usually easy and there is a clear explanation of the problem
> and how to solve it.
>
> What do you think?
>
> p.s. This discussion is the first topic in a series of proposals to improve
> SINGA as it will be an Apache top level project soon. The next proposal
> will discuss improving the build and test pipeline in a separate thread to
> avoid discussing too many things in one thread.
>
> best regards,
> Moaz
>
> [1] https://pypi.org/project/cpplint/
> [2] https://www.pylint.org/
> [3] https://lgtm.com/
> [4] http://singa.apache.org/develop/contribute-code.html
> [5] https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/SINGA/issues/SINGA-484
> [6] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-17954
>