Travis CI integration example

[labeneator]

A quick example on how to integrate travis build status.

• Project admin needs to create a travis account and enable this repo.
• Project admin needs to modify readme.md with the appropriate links to travis.

[labeneator]

Fixes #25. Should also reference #40

[ElectricRCAircraftGuy]

@labeneator , this looks pretty useful. Thanks. I'd like to dig into this when I get the chance. Have you done this before or did you just learn how to do it?

[labeneator]

Just figured it out in a couple of hours :)

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[ElectricRCAircraftGuy]

@labeneator Nice! Can you post all the links you used to figure it out please? I'll take a closer look at the links and the PR one of these evenings. Also, is there any way to test it before merging it, or must it be merged first to be able to test it?

[labeneator]

Sorry for the late response.

1. Started looking up for Continuous integration options for github which led me to adafruit.
2. I remembered that travis-ci is well integrated with github. I checked their integration options for arduino
3. I had never used platform.io, however the examples given were intuitive and that, led to this PR.

The next steps would be to have the code integrated with unit-test libraries for arduino.
A quick google leads to these options, that need to be investigated for suitability:

1. https://maker.pro/arduino/tutorial/using-unit-test-frameworks-with-arduino
2. https://www.thecoderscorner.com/electronics/microcontrollers/embedded-testing/getting-started-unittesting-arduino/
3. https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/plus/unit-testing.html
4. https://github.com/bxparks/AUnit
5. https://github.com/mmurdoch/arduinounit

[labeneator]

Also, is there any way to test it before merging it, or must it be merged first to be able to test it?

I think the best thing to do is merge it to a different branch for testing on your repo. You will require to setup a travis-ci account for ambovent. Once you are happy with the setup, you can merge back to master

[labeneator]

If you create a travis-ci branch on your repo, I can target this PR @ that branch.