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Test/stage environment to view Codex on MediaWiki
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Jan 13 2022, 3:44 PM
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Description

Codex should be tested on MediaWiki before the pilot version is released to production. Right now, the options for real use-case QA are limited to local development environments (not accessible to everyone) and beta cluster deployments (restrictive and tied to deploy trains).

This environment should replicate what it would be like to have Codex and components installed on a real wiki project (not a demo of components in isolation). See T299138 for decision on which project/page to use.

Subtasks:

  • T299956 Develop a "VueTest" MediaWiki extension that can serve as a demo / development sandbox for using Codex components inside a MediaWiki special page
  • T299957 Set up an automated process to stage this environment so DST and QA can review Codex in a MW environment, ideally on a per-patch basis

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• STH created this task.Jan 13 2022, 3:44 PM
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• STH mentioned this in T299136: [Epic] Ability to Package and Install Codex for Alpha Release.Jan 19 2022, 6:41 PM
egardner updated the task description. (Show Details)Jan 24 2022, 6:58 PM
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Catrope added a parent task: T299136: [Epic] Ability to Package and Install Codex for Alpha Release.Jan 25 2022, 8:38 PM
egardner mentioned this in T299138: [Milestone] Codex Alpha: First Release.Feb 2 2022, 7:42 PM
egardner moved this task from Incoming/Requests to Ready for development on the Design-Systems-team-20200324-20220422 (Design Systems Team FY2021-22 Kanban Board) board.Feb 15 2022, 10:14 PM
egardner moved this task from Backlog to Contributor Experience on the Codex board.Feb 15 2022, 11:12 PM
egardner subscribed.Feb 16 2022, 9:54 PM
• STH added a parent task: T302038: [Epic] Define testing and QA strategy for Codex.Feb 17 2022, 10:15 PM
Mhurd subscribed.Feb 17 2022, 10:41 PM

I forked my mediawiki-docker-make repo and added a make command for spinning up MediaWiki with the VueTest extension, from scratch:

https://gitlab.wikimedia.org/mhurd/vuetest-docker

Starting to look at adapting the patch and ticket make commands ( as seen in codex-docker ) next...

Catrope mentioned this in T302772: Application Security Review Request : Codex.Mar 1 2022, 4:18 AM
Catrope closed subtask T299957: Automatically stage and deploy Codex changes inside MediaWiki as Resolved.Mar 9 2022, 10:29 PM
egardner closed subtask T299956: Create a MediaWiki extension to test Codex as Resolved.Mar 16 2022, 6:00 PM
Catrope subscribed.Mar 16 2022, 11:02 PM

I have submitted https://github.com/MatmaRex/patchdemo/pull/445 , which together with the existing support for Codex in PatchDemo should allow us to do what this task asks for through PatchDemo.

Catrope added a comment.Mar 17 2022, 12:39 AM
In T299143#7784215, @Catrope wrote:

I have submitted https://github.com/MatmaRex/patchdemo/pull/445 , which together with the existing support for Codex in PatchDemo should allow us to do what this task asks for through PatchDemo.

This is now deployed. You can use it to create test wikis as follows:

  • Go to https://patchdemo.wmflabs.org/
  • For "configuration preset", choose "Minimal"
  • Click to expand "Choose included repos"
  • Check the checkboxes for "design/codex" and "VueTest"
  • If you want to test an unmerged patch, type its number into the "Then, apply patches" text input
  • Click "Create demo", and wait ~2 minutes
  • When the wiki creation is finished, click the "Open wiki" button
  • Type "Special:VueTest" in the search bar on the top right, and press Enter (or change "Main_Page" in the URL to "Special:VueTest")

For example, I just created this demo wiki based on this Gerrit change.

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When the "design/codex" checkbox is not checked, the version of Codex that is normally used in MW core is used (i.e. the latest release of Codex). When the "design/codex" checkbox is checked, the latest development version (main branch) of Codex is used instead. You can use the "Then, apply patches" input to test an unmerged patch in Codex, an unmerged patch in VueTest, or both at the same time. You can also test patches in other repos that use Codex, like this test wiki that tests a WIP patch in Vector converting the search bar to Codex.

Catrope mentioned this in T296031: Build an RTL testing sandbox in Codex.Mar 17 2022, 3:00 AM
egardner added a comment.Mar 17 2022, 3:13 AM

Wow, this is cool! Now that we have this capability, I'm open to suggestions on ways to develop the VueTest extension to make it more useful for QA testing purposes. Would it make sense to have a single dedicated Special page per Codex component (one page could show multiple variations of course)? Should we try to embed the actual demo code from the docs site inside of MW somehow?

ldelench_wmf moved this task from Contributor Experience to Backlog on the Codex board.Apr 22 2022, 8:53 PM
• STH closed this task as Resolved.Apr 25 2022, 10:33 PM
• STH removed a parent task: T299136: [Epic] Ability to Package and Install Codex for Alpha Release.
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