Asserting the New Rockset Developer Instruments

We’re excited to launch a brand new ecosystem of developer instruments supposed to assist superior customers edit, execute, and deploy Question Lambdas from an area growth atmosphere, whereas integrating seamlessly with Model Management and CI/CD methods. Proper now, we’re releasing three instruments into an Open Beta:

1. Rockset CLI
2. Rockset VS Code Extension
3. Rockset Developer UI

On this weblog, we are going to discover greatest practices for utilizing these instruments collectively. For extra detailed documentation on utilization of every particular person device, please see the README for every device. Try the video beneath for an in depth walk-through of the brand new instruments.

Embedded content material: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhRueFicCUg&t=2s

Earlier than you begin

Earlier than you begin utilizing the brand new Rockset Developer Instruments, we suggest that you just strive the next from the Rockset Console:

1. Arrange a Rockset Account within the Rockset Console
2. Create a Question Lambda utilizing the Console Question Editor
3. Create a tag on your Question Lambda
4. Execute a Question Lambda by tag from its API endpoint or from considered one of our SDKs

The Excessive Stage Workflow

The brand new Rockset Developer Instruments allow you to maneuver the supply of reality on your Question Lambdas to your Model Management System (VCS). In addition they present strong instruments for creating Rockset SQL and deploying your Question Lambdas to Rockset out of your native growth atmosphere.

We suggest the next excessive stage workflow for utilizing the brand new developer instruments. This workflow intently parallels industry-standard steady growth flows.

1. Arrange an area Rockset venture in your supply code.

   a. Initialize a brand new venture in your repository

   b. [CLI] Obtain your Question Lambdas and verify them into your VCS of alternative

2. Develop your Question Lambdas

   a. [CLI] Create / delete Question Lambdas

   b. [VS Code] Edit Question Lambdas

   c. [Dev UI] Execute your native Question Lambdas

   d. Iterate

   e. Commit and push your code

3. Deploy your Question Lambdas (CI/CD)

   a. [CLI] Deploy your Question Lambdas to Rockset with Question Lambda Tags

4. Hit your Question Lambda out of your software by its Question Lambda Tag

5. If crucial, roll again your Question Lambdas

   a. [CLI] Re-deploy the Question Lambdas related to the earlier tagged commit

A Whats up World Instance

0. Set up the Developer Instruments

Set up the Rockset CLI device. Set up is at the moment supported on Linux and MacOS solely.

# Set up 
$ curl https://rockset-cli-artifacts.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/install-standalone.sh | bash

# Restart your terminal to finish set up
# Confirm
$ rockset --version

# Set up CLI autocomplete
$ rockset autocomplete

# Add your authentication data
$ rockset auth:add APIKEY

# Add shell autocomplete help (bash and zsh solely)
$ rockset autocomplete

You may create an API key within the Rockset Console.
Set up the Rockset VS Code plugin by way of the VS Code market. Please see the VS Code documentation for extra particulars about tips on how to set up the extension.

1. Arrange a venture

# Navigate to an empty folder
$ cd ~/tasks/rockset

# Initialize your native venture
$ rockset native:init -y

# Add a Question Lambda to your venture
$ rockset native:queryLambda:add commons.helloWorld

That was straightforward! However what’s happening below the hood right here? Let’s view the file system and take a better look.

$ tree
.
├── rockset.config.json
└── src
    └── commons
        ├── __sql
        │   └── helloWorld.sql
        └── helloWorld.lambda.json

Now we have created 2 information: a SQL file, and a Question Lambda definition file. The Lambda definition file consists of data akin to default parameters and the outline of your Lambda. You may view extra details about these information within the CLI Documentation.

2. Develop your Question Lambdas

We suggest modifying your Question Lambdas in VS Code for the perfect expertise. To get began, open the basis listing of your venture (the listing containing rockset.config.json).

Open src/commons/__sql/helloWorld.sql, and paste within the following.

SELECT
    'Whats up, World' AS "Whats up World"

When you have the Rockset SQL extension put in, it is best to see full syntax highlighting, in addition to autocomplete performance.

You can even execute this SQL straight in VS Code by working Execute Rockset Question from the command palette (Open the command palette with Ctrl-Shift-P or Cmd-Shift-P). You can even execute your question utilizing the CLI.

3. Utilizing Parameters

Let’s make our Question Lambda extra attention-grabbing — let’s add a parameter! Reopen the supply on your Lambda, and paste within the following.

SELECT
    CONCAT('Whats up ', :identify) AS "Whats up World"

This question will now say hi there to you by identify — however how will we execute it with parameters? For extra complicated queries that embrace parameters, we suggest utilizing the Rockset Developer UI. To get began, open the Developer UI utilizing

$ rockset native:serve -p 3001 # port

This could mechanically open a webpage in your default browser. Click on “commons.helloWorld” to view the execution web page for this Lambda.

Residence Web page:

Execution Web page:

Clicking the execute button from this web page will mechanically execute the newest SQL textual content that you’ve saved. But when we click on execute proper now, we see an error — we haven’t specified a worth for the “identify” parameter but! So as to add parameters, click on the Parameters tab. From right here, you’ll be able to add execution parameters that will probably be handed to alongside along with your SQL throughout execution. Add your identify as a parameter known as “identify”, with sort “string”, and execute your Lambda.

Add Parameters:

Execute with Parameters:

It really works!

4. Deploying and Executing your Question Lambdas from an Utility

Deploying your Question Lambdas consists of two steps. First, we are going to deploy a brand new Question Lambda Model. This bundles the Question Lambda, together with its configuration, and uploads it to Rockset below a model hash. Subsequent, we tag our Question Lambda in order that we will check with it from our software.

By utilizing Question Lambdas along with Tags, we will model and replace our Question Lambdas with out having to switch our software code.

# Add new variations, then tag them with the event tag
$ rockset venture:deploy -t dev

# Deploy to manufacturing
$ rockset venture:deploy -t prod
Efficiently up to date commons.helloWorld — model 061293cecfb67e36
Efficiently tagged commons.helloWorld model 061293cecfb67e36 with tag "prod"

Your Question Lambda is now reside, and will be executed out of your software!

We’ll use the cURL to check the endpoint. You can even execute a Question Lambda by Tag from any of our Language Purchasers or SDKs.

# Execute the newly deployed CLI
$ rockset api:queryLambdas:execute commons helloWorld prod
[INFO]: POST: /v1/orgs/self/ws/commons/lambdas/helloWorld/tags/prod

You can even discover your Question Lambda within the Rockset Console. When you choose your Question Lambda, you’ll be able to see instance snippets for executing your Question Lambda out of your software within the language of your alternative.

Conclusion

We’re extremely excited to announce these new instruments. We hope that by incorporating them into your workflow will allow you to

• Test Question Lambdas into model management
• Develop Question Lambdas in your native growth atmosphere
• Handle manufacturing Question Lambdas from CI/CD

Comfortable Hacking!