Everything-as-code. A polyglot journey.

Everything-as-code
A polyglot journey.
| JavaOne 2016 | Everything-as-code -> { created with ❤ and ☕ by @LeanderReimer } 1

About me
Mario-Leander Reimer
Chief Technologist, QAware GmbH
mario-leander.reimer@qaware.de
twitter://@LeanderReimer
http://github.com/lreimer
http://speakerdeck.com/lreimer
http://www.qaware.de

Which language or
technology do real
programmers use?

My #FirstSevenLanguages
• Pascal
• Basic
• C / C++
• Assembler
• PHP
• Java
• C#

My #LastSevenLanguages
• Java
• Groovy
• TypeScript
• Ruby
• Kotlin
• Scala
• Python

There is no unanimous opinion ...
• http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/
the-2015-top-ten-programming-languages
• http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/
the-2016-top-programming-languages
• https://www.sitepoint.com/whats-best-
programming-language-learn-2015/

There is no best
language!
Every language is strong in a
specific domain.

Real programmers
are polyglot!

The IDE is our
workbench.

open fun everythingAsCode() : Boolean {
everytingIsMadeFromCode() && everythingIsMadeByCode()
}
val softwareIndustrialization = everythingAsCode()

Definition of Software Industrialization
• This has nothing to do with cheap labor!
• Automation of repetitive and laborious tasks
• Better software quality through standardized,
streamlined tool chain
• Well integrated tool chain leads to a higher
productivity and happiness of your team
• Better cost efficiency and competitiveness

Quest for a polyglot project archetype
• Which languages are used for specific domains
in our projects?
• Which tools are used for Setup, Build, Code,
Test, CI, Infrastructure, Documentation?
• What are the dos and don'ts of using a specific
language or technology?
+ some wishful greenfield thinking!

The polyglot
journey begins.

SEU-as-code

Lightweight Developer Provisioning
• Use a build tool for the automated creation and
update of a software development environment
• Software packages are expressed as dependencies
• Gradle tasks and Groovy are used instead of
shell scripting
• Everything is version controlled just like
ordinary source code

plugins { id 'de.qaware.seu.as.code.base' version '2.4.0' }
import static de.qaware.seu.as.code.plugins.base.Platform.isMac
seuAsCode {
seuHome = { if (isMac()) '/Volumes/Everything-as-code' else 'Y:' }
projectName = 'Everything-as-code'
}
dependencies {
// list of software dependencies ...
software 'org.groovy-lang:groovy:2.4.7'
software 'org.scala-lang:scala:2.11.8'
software 'org.jruby:jruby:9.1.4.0'
}

Build-as-code

Why Gradle beats Maven.
• Very flexible. Gradle can build everything.
• Polyglot builds are supported easily.
• Succinct build scripts. Default conventions over
configuration.
• Incremental builds, reduced build times.
• New features: Kotlin support, Composite Builds, ...
• Frequent releases. Mature and stable.

apply plugin: 'application'
apply plugin: 'war'
apply plugin: 'kotlin'
apply plugin: 'groovy'
repositories { jcenter() }
dependencies {
providedCompile 'fish.payara.extras:payara-micro:4.1.1.163'
// and many more ...
}
task everythingAsCode() << {
println 'Everything-as-code @JavaOne2016.'
}

Main-as-code

There is nothing
wrong with Java as
primary language!

But Kotlin is a serious
alternative worth considering
as primary language.

But why Kotlin? And not Scala, Clojure, ...
• Easy to learn for a Java developer.
• Null Safety!
• Loads of other useful language features.
• Small library size.
• Good IDE support.
• Wishful greenfield thinking.

@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
data class Book(val title: String, val isbn: String, val author: String) { }
@ApplicationScoped
open class Bookshelf {
private val books = listOf(Book("The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", "0345391802"))
open fun byIsbn(isbn: String): Book? = books.find { it.isbn == isbn }
}
@Path("books")
@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
open class BookResource @Inject constructor(private val bookshelf: Bookshelf) {
@GET @Path("/{isbn}")
open fun byIsbn(@PathParam("isbn") isbn: String): Response {
val book = bookshelf.byIsbn(isbn)
return if (book != null) Response.ok(book).build() else Response.status(Status.NOT_FOUND).build()
}
}
@ApplicationPath("api")
class BookstoreAPI : Application() {
override fun getClasses() = hashSetOf(JacksonFeature::class.java, BookResource::class.java)
}

Test-as-code

Groovy and Spock for general testing
class BookshelfSpec extends Specification {
@Subject
def bookshelf = new Bookshelf()
@Unroll
def "Find book #title by ISBN #isbn"() {
when: 'we search a book by ISBN'
def book = bookshelf.byIsbn(isbn)
then: 'the title and author are correct'
book?.title == title
book?.author == author
where:
isbn || title | author
"0345391802" || "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" | "Douglas Adams"
"0345391829" || "Life, the Universe and Everything" | "Douglas Adams"
}
}

Scala and Gatling for load testing
class BooksPerformanceTest extends Simulation {
val conf = http.baseURL("http://localhost:18080").acceptHeader("application/json")
val feeder = csv("books.csv").random
val scn = scenario("Book Search")
.exec(http("Get all books").get("/api/books"))
.during(30 seconds) {
feed(feeder)
.exec(http("Get book by title ${Title}").get("/api/books?title=${Title}"))
.pause(1 second)
.exec(http("Get book with ISBN ${ISBN}").get("/api/books/${ISBN}"))
}
setUp(scn.inject(atOnceUsers(10), rampUsers(50) over (30 seconds)))
.assertions(global.responseTime.max.lessThan(5000))
.protocols(conf)
}

Pipeline-as-code

Use Gradle and Docker to start Jenkins
task createJenkinsHome() {
mkdir("${System.getProperty('user.home')}/Jenkins")
}
task createJenkins(type: Exec, group: 'jenkinsci', dependsOn: createJenkinsHome, description: 'Create Jenkins') {
commandLine 'docker', 'run', '--name', 'jenkinsci', '-p', '8080:8080', '-p', '50000:50000',
'-v', "${System.getProperty('user.home')}/Jenkins:/var/jenkins_home", 'jenkinsci/jenkins'
}
task startJenkins(type: Exec, group: 'jenkinsci', description: 'Start Jenkins') {
commandLine 'docker', 'start', 'jenkinsci'
}
task stopJenkins(type: Exec, group: 'jenkinsci', description: 'Stop Jenkins') {
commandLine 'docker', 'stop', 'jenkinsci'
}

Add Jenkinsfile and define pipeline
#!/usr/bin/env groovy
node {
stage 'Checkout SCM'
checkout scm
stage 'Build/Analyse/Test'
sh './gradlew clean build'
archiveUnitTestResults()
archiveDistributions()
stage 'Dockerize'
sh './gradlew buildDockerImage'
stage 'Generate Documentation'
sh './gradlew asciidoctor'
}

Infrastructure-as-code

Docker, Docker, Docker, ...
FROM qaware-oss-docker-registry.bintray.io/base/debian8-jre8
MAINTAINER M.-Leander Reimer <mario-leander.reimer@qaware.de>
RUN mkdir -p /app
ADD build/distributions/everything-as-code-1.0.0.tar /app
WORKDIR /app/everything-as-code-1.0.0
RUN chmod 755 bin/everything-as-code
EXPOSE 18080
CMD ./bin/everything-as-code

Vagrant and Ruby for local VM setup
require 'yaml'
$setup = <<SCRIPT
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ansible/ansible
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y ansible sshpass
SCRIPT
Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
config.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty32"
settings = YAML.load_file 'src/vagrant/vagrant.yml'
config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
vb.name = settings['vm']['name']
vb.gui = false
vb.memory = "512"
end
config.vm.provision "shell", inline: $setup
end

Provisioning with Ansible (and Python)
---
# file: jenkinsci.yml
- hosts: jenkinsci
remote_user: root
tasks:
- debug: msg="Creating a Jenkins pipeline job on {{ inventory_hostname }}"
- jenkins_job:
name: Everything-as-code Pipeline
config: "{{ lookup('file', 'templates/pipeline-job.xml') }}"
url: "http://{{ inventory_hostname }}"
user: admin
password: admin

Cluster orchestration with K8S
---
apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: everything-as-code
spec:
replicas: 1
template:
metadata:
labels:
tier: backend
spec:
containers:
- name: everything-as-code
image: "qaware-oss-docker-registry.bintray.io/lreimer/everything-as-code:1.0.0"
ports:
- containerPort: 18080
env:
- name: PORT
value: 18080

Cluster orchestration with DC/OS
{
"id": "everything-as-code",
"instances": 1,
"cpus": 0.25,
"mem": 256,
"container": {
"type": "DOCKER",
"docker": {
"image": "qaware-oss-docker-registry.bintray.io/lreimer/everything-as-code:1.0.0",
"network": "BRIDGE",
"portMappings": [
{ "hostPort": 18080, "containerPort": 18080, "protocol": "tcp", "servicePort": 18080 }
]
}
},
"env": {
"PORT": 18080
}
}

Documentation-as-code

Yes, we need documentation!
• And no, the source code is not enough.
• Writing technical docs with Word is ! " #
• Documentation should be located next to the
source code: change code, change docs.
• It should be easy, quick and fun to write.
• Support for code, images, UML diagrams, ...

AsciidoctorJ and Gradle to the rescue
plugins { id "org.asciidoctor.convert" version "1.5.3" }
asciidoctorj { version = '1.5.4.1' }
asciidoctor {
sourceDir 'src/docs/architecture'
resources {
from('src/docs/architecture') {
include 'images/**/*.png'
include 'images/**/*.jpg'
}
}
backends 'html5'
options doctype: 'article'
attributes 'source-highlighter': 'coderay'
}

// Example architecture documentation using arc42 (https://arc42.github.io)
:imagesdir: ./images
= image:qaware-logo.png[QAware GmbH,2016] Everything-as-code
:toc-title: Table of Contents
:toc:
[[section-introduction-and-goals]]
== Introduction and Goals
The introduction to the architecture documentation should list the driving forces
that software architects must consider in their decisions.
=== Requirements Overview
=== Quality Goals
=== Stakeholders
<<<<
include::02_architecture_constraints.adoc[]
// further includes for the remaining sections

Presentation-as-code

These slides are written in Markdown.
---
## [fit] These slides are written in Markdown.
- This is for real programmers! :smiley:
- Several open source projects available
- Use HTML and JavaScript alternatively.
---

What's the
takeaway from this
journey?

Beware of the
abstractions!

Everyone needs to do his homework.
• Developers: be polyglot, keep learning!
• Architects: choose the right language or tool
for the job!
• Project Managers: give your techies freedom!
• Universities: teach polyglotism!

Have some fun and
create your own
polyglot project
archetype.

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