Voluntarily Tool Suite

Owned by Andrew Watkins
Last updated: 30-07-2019 by Walter Lim

These are the tools we use


Communication

  • Slack - internal team messaging
  • Gitter - external chatroom & messaging, all contributors
  • WhatsApp - phone and non business chatter
  • Google Meet - Video conferences
  • Skype - when required

Collaboration

  • Google Docs - internal team, formal documents: slides, sheets, words etc.
  • Atlassian Confluence - open team documentation

Development

  • Programming Language - Javascript
  • Node
  • Git - Source code management
  • GitHub - Source code repository
  • MongoDB
  • IDE - any, but we recommend VS Code.

Common IDE Plugins

  • Atlassian Jira and Bitbucket - brings Jira tickets into IDE
  • Azure Cosmos DB - view onto the database
  • JS Standard - code quality and lint checker
  • GitLens - view into github

Notable Production Node libraries

  • Babel - Browser Compatability
  • CASL - API Security
  • Uppy - Image uploader
  • Next - Core framework - server side rendering
  • AntDesign - UI Components and CSS
  • Auth0 - Authentication and User registration
  • Express - Web server
  • Intl - Internationalisation
  • Moment - date and time utilities
  • Mongoose/ Mongoose Crudify - MongoDB library
  • Nodemailer - email
  • Quill - Rich text editor
  • React - client side component framework
  • Redux/ReactRedux - client side state management
  • Styled-compenents - CSS

Notable Development Node libraries

  • Ava - Test framework
  • Axios - API calls
  • eslint - syntax checker
  • codecov - code coverage (cloud side)
  • enzyme - react test
  • fetch-mock - mock for api calls
  • mongodb-memory-server - mock for mongodb
  • nyc - code coverage (developer side)
  • redux-ava/redux-mock-store - mock for redux
  • sinon - test utils
  • standard - syntax checker
  • supertest - server api test
  • testcafe - end to end testing

Design,

ToolPurposeLink
Invision
  • Rapid prototyping
  • Usability testing
  • Showing clickable prototypes to stakeholders

Research done with wireframes here

https://www.invisionapp.com/

Abstract

  • Version Control
  • Design File Management

Wireframes stored here

https://www.abstract.com/
Sketch
  • Design & Hifi Prototyping tool

Wireframes and assets made here

https://www.sketch.com/

Testing,

  • AVA - unit and functional tests
  • Enzyme - react support
  • TestCafe - end to end testing
  • BrowserStack - cloud service for browser and mobile emulation and testing.

CI/CD - Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment

  • Docker & Docker-compose - application containers
  • CirrusCI - cloud service for CI/CD plug in to GitHub
  • CodeCov - cloud service for code coverage monitoring

Cloud Services

  • AWS - ECR, Elastic Container Registry - stores docker images
  • AWS - ECS, Elastic Container Service - docker hosting
  • AWS - S3, file storage for uploaded images
  • AWS - SES, Simple Email Service, SMTP server
  • AWS - Cloudwatch, logging and monitoring
  • MongoDB - Atlas, database as a service. (https://www.mongodb.com/cloud/atlas)
  • Auth0 - Identity Management Service  (https://auth0.com/)

AWS Regions

  • ap-southeast-1, Singapore - Alpha site
  • ap-southeast-2, Sydney - Beta site

Project management,

Content & Content Management System

  • Squarespace