Sails (Part 1)
Neil Haddley • October 12, 2021
Azure DevOps and Sails.
Sails.js (or Sails) is a web framework that makes it easy to build custom, enterprise-grade Node.js apps.
It is designed to resemble the MVC architecture from frameworks like Ruby on Rails.
The Azure DevOps Starter includes support for Sails.
DevOps Starter
Create DevOps starter
Setting up Node.js web app with GitHub
Select Sails.js and add a database
Web App for Containers
Connect to GitHub
Web App, Container Registry and Database settings
Review and Create
Deployment in progress
Deployment is complete
GitHub action is running
Authorise
Build and push Application to Container Repository
Run functional tests (Connect to web site using Selenium and check site title)
set up test environment and run tests
GitHub action/job complete
web site has been published
Open GitHub repository using GitHub Desktop
Clone
Open in Visual Studio Code
Sample Functional Tests
local development environment
Open Visual Studio Code terminal
Navigate to the Application folder
BASH
1% cd Application
Start the application on the laptop
BASH
1% sails lift
sails lift
http://localhost:1337
Testing testing
Updating the default page title (in the layout file) results in a failed test.
Updating the web page title (without updating the web page title test)
pushing update
code is deployed and functional test fails (as expected)