Codeship Review

PROS: It's relatively simple to operate and configure. I love the software UIX. I also like its current integration as it makes things sufficient for me.

CONS: I feel more plugins should be added. The pricing is a bit higher than expected for developers. An option for implementing master/slave options should also be included.

PROS: Its UI is well thought out and intuitive and comes with useful features that consistently performs. I would know that if a certain build fails, it's likely due to my tests or codes --- not the tool itself. Being able to have that confidence minmizes the time to troubleshoot and helps resolve specific issues quickly.

CONS: It would be beneficial to have more options of operating system built. But that could mean giving up simplicity amd consistency. I would like to see some build options for the Mac OSX for iOS app creation.

PROS: codeship was very easy to use the moment I had it in my hands. Their feedback and support was very helpful whenever I encountered an error.

CONS: There are far better examples of getting testing tasks set up. I don't favor runnig tests against each and every single branch. For the price tag of $49, it's a bit high for one user managing a single project. While having 100 free builds is a good thing, many would prefer paying around $9 or so for a product they favor.

PROS: I love how I'm able to push my software code to github and get the assurance it'll be made and deployed straight to my server. At the same time, have my team notified via Slack without involvement on my own.

CONS: I would like it the NPM caching has a bit more sophistication. For instance, I run a project containing NPM modules in separate directoies. But as far as I'm concerned, caching node_modules is restricted to the repository root.

PROS: Codeship is simple to get things started and it never gets in your way. I love its integration with github. We currently have it with Slack and it's always a good thing to have notifications of build pop up.

CONS: Its UI takes a bit of adjustment. But it'll be great to see further documentation on how to build up on the best features offered by Codeship.

PROS: Its support is rock solid. Despite being on the free side, I was able to open several support requests, and the short-and-rapid response time solved my problems immediately. Its sidebar support is easy to use. Their Team functionality is also nice.

CONS: There's very little to no like. The only thing that was lacking was a button for disabling the git/build/deploy jobs. I'd have to make my way to Github and disable integration to achieve this. I made suggestion previously to support. They said they'd do their job in putting it on the roadmap.

PROS: I love its easy integration to just about any project. Regardless on what I'm working on, it's capbable of shipping live, it'll go directly to codeship. Once that's configured then it's done. Configuration is that simple.

CONS: There have been some instances where the box won't mesh with my production box. It may have something to with variable in configuration variables. It's not that big of a deal, it's all a matter of getting them document when they occur.

PROS: The best thing with this tool is how simple it is to get started. It's simple to hookup with source control within github. Configuration tests are easily done and deploying to AWS is a cinch.

CONS: I'd like to see more notifications. At some point, the tool informed me when a certain build was started and who started it. Sadly, that notification is nowhere to be seen. I hope they bring it back.

PROS: This tool saved me plenty of time. CI would've been a never ending task especially when dealing with deadline. But codeship readily streamlined it all.

CONS: Nothing much at the moment. I've had a bit of trouble determining the best approach to deploy tests considering I'm using gulp with bower dependencies. I ended up moving dependences to the standard as opposed to devDep for Heroku. So I just ran the gulp task right after npm.