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Rocketeer

Daniel Lapides

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Rocketeer supercharges Visual Studio Code to facilitate the development process by regrouping multiple services into one. Basically, an all-in-one tool on steroids.
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Rocketeer supercharges Visual Studio Code to facilitate the development process by regrouping multiple services into one. Basically, an all-in-one tool on steroids.



⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTE

For security reasons, the URLs of the APIs used in this extension cannot be exposed to the public - they need to be set as environment variables.

To do so, follow these simple steps:

  1. Add the environment variables from the ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES file (found in the Gitlab repository: daniel.lapides/af-rocketeer).
  2. Re-launch Visual Studio Code

Rocketeer

Rocketeer is an extension for Visual Studio Code created, developed and maintained by Daniel Lapides.

Rocketeer is a powerful and feature-rich tool that joins together multiple services into one. Spend more time on what's really important - Build a service and update a namespace by the click of a button.

Rocketeer simply helps you with all the development process all the way to the deployment phase. Quickly manage your namespaces - create or update an existing one - and get a glimpse of all the services, resources and configuration.

Features

MANAGE NAMESPACES

Get full control on your namespaces directly from VS Code.

Create, update, delete, (un)lock namespaces and many more. Get real-time status of each of the services and resources in your namespace and act on them as you please - change branch, restart service.

The namespaces added in a workspace are per branch. This gives you the power to work on multiple features and to deploy them to different namespaces all at the same time, just by switching branches.


MANAGE JENKINS BUILD JOBS

Quickly build your service from the VS Code command palette.

Create, trigger, abort a build job. Follow its progression and get notified when it's done. Rocketeer also allows you to see the current build logs as it is running or the last build logs.


TESTINGS MADE EASIER

Testings made easier with this cool feature.

Manage test data and use it to test your feature - test users, test credit cards, test apps, whatever you need to save, just save it. The data is sorted into categories. Another colleague needs your data? Share it, the whole data storage, category, or single item.

Test users is a special category with special abilities. You will be able to impersonate any user under this category, directly from VS Code. If a test user does not exist, create it - Rocketeer will take you right where you need to be.

Stop creating over and over users - re-use them!


ROCKETEER'S OUTPUT CHANNEL

Rocketeer has its own output channel where all of your actions are logged.

Missed a message or stuck somewhere during a flow? Check that output channel, it contains useful insights.

Powerful flows


💡 PRO TIP

Information alerts are stored in the bell, at the bottom right corner of the Visual Studio Code window. During a flow, if you are stuck because an alert disappeared, just check that bell.


BUILD & UPDATE

Remove the headache. Build your service and update your namespace in just one click, from the command palette, the editor title or directly from the Mac touch bar.

Get notified when the whole flow is done and stop wasting time sitting in front of your build logs, hoping it will be over soon before you can deploy.

Once the build is done, the new version will be automatically pushed to the namespace you have selected.

BUILD A BRANCH

The Build a Branch flow will trigger your build job. If it does not exist, it will first create it automatically. Follow your build process by checking its logs right from Visual Studio Code.

No need to go through all that flow manually anymore.

A NAMESPACE PER BRANCH / A BUILD JOB PER BRANCH

The namespace you have in your workspace is per branch. Which means you can switch branch and set another namespace for it. This is specifically needful when you are working on multiple projects on the same service.

Build jobs work the same. You can trigger a build for a branch that will be deployed on the defined namespace for that branch. And then, switch to another branch and trigger another build - at the same time.

And let Rocketeer take care of the rest.

All commands

FROM THE COMMAND PALETTE

Search for Rocketeer in the command palette and you will see all the available commands there.

Command Description
af-rocketeer.namespace.create Create Namespace
Creates a namespace from an existing one (of the user's choosing). If the current service is not present there, will offer to add its configuration to the new namespace.
af-rocketeer.namespace.update Update Namespace
Updates the namespace in the workspace. If none, prompts the namespace list - namespace creation is possible.
af-rocketeer.namespace.update.oneTime Update Namespace (One Time)
Same as above but will not use the namespace in the workspace. Instead, will prompt the namespace list - namespace creation is possible.
af-rocketeer.namespace.addToWorkspace Add/Change Namespace to Workspace
Adds or changes a namespace in the current VS Code workspace.
af-rocketeer.namespace.removeFromWorkspace Remove Namespace from Workspace
Remove the namespace from the current VS Code workspace.
af-rocketeer.build.create Create Build for Branch
Creates a build job in Jenkins of the current service's branch.
af-rocketeer.build.build Build Branch
Builds the branch in Jenkins.
af-rocketeer.build.build-update Build & Update
Builds the branch in Jenkins and updates the namespace.
af-rocketeer.namespace.update.makePublic Make Namespace Public
Changes the externalCname configuration to be true. The public CNAME will be displayed in the view.
af-rocketeer.namespace.goTo.build Open Build in Jenkins
Open the Jenkins build in the browser.
af-rocketeer.namespace.goTo.hq Open Namespace in Browser
Opens the namespace in the browser.
af-rocketeer.namespace.goTo.hq.impersonate Open Namespace in Browser & Impersonate...
Redirects to the namespace in the browser and impersonate a selected user.
af-rocketeer.data-storage.copyAll Copy All Items from Data Storage
Copies all the items present in the Data Storage as a JSON string.
af-rocketeer.namespace.config.globalEnvVars.add Add Global Environment Variable to Namespace
Adds a global environment variable to the namespace's globalEnvVariables object.
af-rocketeer.git.goTo.repo Open Git Repository
Opens the git repository in the browser.
af-rocketeer.git.mergeRequest.create Create Merge Request
Opens the merge request to master in the browser.

FROM THE VIEWS

Namespace Management

Command Description
af-rocketeer.namespace.status.autoRefresh Auto-Refresh Namespace
Turns on the auto-refresh mechanism that will run every 5 seconds for 5 minutes.
af-rocketeer.namespace.update.serviceBranch Change Branch
Changes a namespace service branch to another selected branch.
af-rocketeer.namespace.restart.service Restart Service
Restarts the selected service.
af-rocketeer.namespace.config.copy Copy Configuration Value
Copies the selected configuration value.
af-rocketeer.namespace.config.modifyOne Change Configuration Value
Changes the selected configuration value to another desired one.
af-rocketeer.namespace.config.copy.all Copy Namespace Configuration
Copies the current namespace JSON configuration.
af-rocketeer.namespace.config.copy.service Copy Service Configuration
Copies the selected service JSON configuration.
af-rocketeer.namespace.logs.service.std See Service Stdout / Stderr
Displays the selected service's stdout and stderr logs.
af-rocketeer.build.logs See Last Build Logs
Displays the last/current Jenkins build logs.
af-rocketeer.namespace.config.globalEnvVars.modifyOne Change Global Environment Variable of Namespace
Modifies the select global environment variable value.
af-rocketeer.namespace.config.service.envVars.add Add Environment Variable to Service
Adds an environment variable to a namespace's service.
af-rocketeer.namespace.config.service.envVars.modifyOne Change Environment Variable of Service
Modifies an environment variable of a namespace's service.
af-rocketeer.namespace.config.createFile Create Configuration File
Creates a configuration file for a service under the .af-rocketeer folder.

Data Storage

Command Description
af-rocketeer.data-storage.add.category Add Category to Data Storage
Add a new category to the Data Storage.
af-rocketeer.data-storage.add.item Add Item to Data Storage
Adds a new item to the Data Storage, under an existing category.
af-rocketeer.data-storage.add.test-user Add Test User to Data Storage
Adds a new test user to the Data Storage, under the Test Users category.
af-rocketeer.data-storage.get.test-user Get Test Users from Data Storage
Gets all the test users from the Data Storage.
af-rocketeer.data-storage.remove Delete from Data Storage
Deletes an item or category from the Data Storage.
af-rocketeer.data-storage.flush Flush Data Storage
Deletes all items from the Data Storage.
af-rocketeer.data-storage.copy Copy Data Storage Item
Copies an item or category items from the Data Storage.
af-rocketeer.data-storage.copyAll Copy All Items from Data Storage
Copies all categories and items from the Data Storage.
af-rocketeer.data-storage.refresh Refresh Data Storage
Refreshes the data in the Data Storage.

For more information

Hit me up @daniel.lapides 😊

Enjoy!

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