Awesome, well done

On Wed, 9 Mar 2022 at 12:45, Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> I have just merged an "Enable Codespaces" change that
> has been brewing for quite some time:
> https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/22082
> (I would even say it has been brewing for quite a few years actually :) ).
>
> This is a bit of a culmination of many years of
> improving the dev environment for Airflow.
>
> We now have basic "Codespaces" (https://github.com/features/codespaces)
> support for Airflow.
>
> For those who do not know - "Codespaces" is a feature of GitHub
> that allows to start development environment on a virtual
> machine directly from the GitHub UI or from
> VSCode connected with a GitHub account.
>
> This PR adds configuration that allows to start codespaces
> environment (based on Breeze's docker compose environment)
> in the basic form that allows the users to run most unit
> tests in the same environment that is used in CI and Breeze.
>
> It takes literally ~3 minutes to have the full test
> environment up and running. If you don't believe I just
> recorded starting it up from SCRATCH - and ending in
> successful unit test execution (with Postgres DB as
> backend).
>
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/15viEVNhM4Y_fQupeU509yG52mjzdxWFK/view?usp=sharing
>
> It does not replace Breeze (it lacks a lot of things like easy to
> use integration tests) but for most users who want
> to just run a few tests, make sure that all dependencies
> and plugins are installed so that the users can get the
> VSCode autocomplete and execution of the tests possible.
>
> This is a great way to begin your journey with Airflow - while
> the Codespace machines are not very powerful and the integration
> tests might require more resources, the "no-setup-needed"
> environment and no need to have a powerful machine is great
> for contributors who cannot afford powerful development
> workstations and do not want to spend a lot of time to set-up
> their environment.
>
> We already have similar "GitPodify" configuration, but
> CodeSpaces are deeply integrated with both GitHub
> and popular VSCode and it works directly from the GitHub UI
> you need just a browser to start coding.
>
> Unfortunately CodeSpaces are not yet available to everyone. Some
> people who applied for Beta access (as I did) long time ago have
> access to it, and it is Generally Available to Teams and Enterprise
> accounts.
>
> But I will work with GitHub and ASF to see when/how it can be made
> available to every OSS contributor if we think it is worthwhile.
>
> For now, the support is rudimentary and can be improved.
> I would love to hear from everyone who has access to
> Codespaces (and those who do not have but would like to have).
> I created a #codespaces channel in Slack - so feel free to start
> discussing anything related there.
>
> J.
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