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I’m completely happy to announce that we’re additional integrating Amazon CodeCatalyst with two widespread code repositories: GitLab and BitBucket, along with the prevailing integration with GitHub. We convey the identical set of capabilities that you just use at present on CodeCatalyst with GitHub to GitLab.com and Bitbucket Cloud.
Amazon CodeCatalyst is a unified software program growth and supply service. It permits software program growth groups to rapidly and simply plan, develop, collaborate on, construct, and ship functions on Amazon Internet Companies (AWS), decreasing friction all through the event lifecycle.
The GitHub, GitLab.com, and Bitbucket Cloud repositories extension for CodeCatalyst simplifies managing your growth workflow. The extension means that you can view and handle exterior repositories instantly inside CodeCatalyst. Moreover, you’ll be able to retailer and handle workflow definition information alongside your code in exterior repositories whereas additionally creating, studying, updating, and deleting information in linked repositories from CodeCatalyst dev environments. The extension additionally triggers CodeCatalyst workflow runs robotically upon code pushes and when pull requests are opened, merged, or closed. Moreover, it means that you can instantly make the most of supply information from linked repositories and execute actions inside CodeCatalyst workflows, eliminating the necessity to swap platforms and maximizing effectivity.
However there’s extra: beginning at present, you’ll be able to create a CodeCatalyst challenge in a GitHub, GitLab.com, or Bitbucket Cloud repository from a blueprint, you’ll be able to add a blueprint to an present code base in a repository on any of these three methods, and you can even create customized blueprints saved in your exterior repositories hosted on GitHub, GitLab.com, or Bitbucket Cloud.
CodeCatalyst blueprints assist to hurry up your developments. These pre-built templates present a supply repository, pattern code, steady integration and supply (CI/CD) workflows, and built-in concern monitoring to get you began rapidly. Blueprints robotically replace with finest practices, retaining your code fashionable. IT leaders can create customized blueprints to standardize growth to your workforce, specifying expertise, entry controls, deployment, and testing strategies. And now, you need to use blueprints even when your code resides in GitHub, GitLab.com, or Bitbucket Cloud.
Hyperlink your CodeCatalyst area with a git repository internet hosting service
Getting began utilizing any of those three supply code repository suppliers is simple. As a CodeCatalyst area administrator, I choose the area the place I wish to configure the extensions. Then, I choose Settings, and within the Put in extensions part, I choose Configure to hyperlink my CodeCatalyst area with my GitHub, GitLab.com, or Bitbucket Cloud account.
It is a one-time operation for every CodeCatalyst area, however you would possibly wish to join your area to a number of supply suppliers’ accounts.
When utilizing GitHub, I additionally should hyperlink my private CodeCatalyst consumer to my GitHub consumer. Below my private menu on the highest proper aspect of the display, I choose My settings. Then, I navigate right down to the Private connections part. I choose Create and comply with the directions to authenticate on GitHub and hyperlink my two identities.
It is a one-time operation for every consumer within the CodeCatalyst area. That is solely required once you’re utilizing GitHub with blueprints.
Create a challenge from a blueprint and host it on GitHub, GitLab.com, and Bitbucket Cloud
Let’s present you the way to create a challenge in an exterior repository from a blueprint and later add different blueprints to this challenge. You need to use any of the three git internet hosting suppliers supported by CodeCatalyst. On this demo, I selected to make use of GitHub.
Let’s think about I wish to create a brand new challenge to implement an API. I begin from a blueprint that implements an API with Python and the AWS Serverless Software Mannequin (AWS SAM). The blueprint additionally creates a CI workflow and an concern administration system. I need my challenge code to be hosted on GitHub. It permits me to instantly use supply information from my repository in GitHub and execute actions inside CodeCatalyst workflows, eliminating the necessity to swap platforms.
I begin by deciding on Create challenge on my CodeCatalyst area web page. I choose Begin with a blueprint and choose the CodeCatalyst blueprint or Area blueprint I wish to use. Then, I choose Subsequent.
I enter a reputation for my challenge. I open the Superior part, and I choose GitHub as Repository supplier and my GitHub account. You’ll be able to configure extra connections to GitHub by deciding on Join a GitHub account.
The remainder of the configuration is dependent upon the chosen blueprint. On this case, I selected the language model, the AWS account to deploy the challenge to, the identify of the AWS Lambda perform, and the identify of the AWS CloudFormation stack.
After the challenge is created, I navigate to my GitHub account, and I can see {that a} new repository has been created. It accommodates the code and assets from the blueprint.
Add a blueprint to an present GitHub, GitLab.com, or Bitbucket Cloud challenge
You’ll be able to apply a number of blueprints in a challenge to include useful parts, assets, and governance to present CodeCatalyst tasks. Your tasks can assist varied parts which might be managed independently in separate blueprints. The service documentation helps you study extra about lifecycle administration with blueprints on present tasks.
I can now add a blueprint to an present challenge in an exterior supply code repository. Now that my backend API challenge has been created, I wish to add an internet utility to my challenge.
I navigate to the Blueprints part within the left-side menu, and I choose the orange Add blueprint button on the top-right a part of the display.
I choose the Single-page utility blueprint and choose Subsequent.
On the subsequent display, I make certain to pick my GitHub connection, as I did once I created the challenge. I additionally fill within the required info for this particular template. On the fitting aspect of the display, I assessment the proposed adjustments.
Equally, when utilizing CodeCatalyst Enterprise Tier, I can create my very own customized blueprints to share with my teammates or different teams inside my group. For brevity, I don’t share step-by-step directions to take action on this submit. For extra info, see Standardizing tasks with customized blueprints within the documentation.
When CodeCatalyst finishes putting in the brand new blueprint, I can see a second repository on GitHub.
Single or a number of repository methods
When organizing code, you’ll be able to select between a single giant repository, like a toolbox overflowing with every part, or splitting it into smaller, specialised ones for higher group. Single repositories simplify dependency administration for tightly linked tasks however can turn into messy at scale. A number of repositories supply cleaner group and improved safety however require planning to handle dependencies between separate tasks.
CodeCatalyst enables you to use the most effective technique to your challenge. For extra info, see the part Retailer and collaborate on code with supply repositories in CodeCatalyst within the documentation.
Within the instance I confirmed earlier than, the blueprint I chosen proposed to use the second blueprint as a separate repository in GitHub. Relying on the blueprint you chose, the blueprint could suggest that you just create a separate repository or merge the brand new code in an present repository. Within the latter case, the blueprint will submit a pull request so that you can merge into your repository.
Area and availability
This new GitHub integration is accessible at no extra price within the two AWS Areas the place Amazon CodeCatalyst is accessible, US West (Oregon) and Europe (Eire) on the time of publication.
