RC Test: Circuit Construction Kit: DC & DC "Virtual Lab" 1.2.0-rc.2

[samreid]

RC1 completed in #605. The issues to be confirmed are listed as "ready for qa" in https://github.com/phetsims/circuit-construction-kit-common/milestone/1, I will list them below as a record. When an issue has been confirmed, it can be closed. When all issues are closed, the sim is ready for production.

The deploy links are:
https://phet-dev.colorado.edu/html/circuit-construction-kit-dc/1.2.0-rc.2/phet/circuit-construction-kit-dc_en_phet.html
https://phet-dev.colorado.edu/html/circuit-construction-kit-dc-virtual-lab/1.2.0-rc.2/phet/circuit-construction-kit-dc-virtual-lab_en_phet.html

I placed this directly in "Active Tests" since it had a high priority in RC1, and the Active Tests (max 5) only had 4 things in it at the moment. Priority should be assigned by @kathy-phet and/or @KatieWoe, but I think this will be a very quick spot check.

[samreid]

I listed the issues above. I briefly spot checked each one except for Android phetsims/circuit-construction-kit-common#670 and I only looked at one of the screenshots in phetsims/circuit-construction-kit-common#665

[KatieWoe]

Issues:

• Update DC & DC-VL screenshots circuit-construction-kit-common#665
• Voltmeter can be "Lost" when zooming in on Lab section circuit-construction-kit-common#658
• Possible Memory Leak circuit-construction-kit-common#660
• Unable to drag fuse slider to end of slider circuit-construction-kit-common#662
• Virtual lab does not have options dialog to switch schematic type circuit-construction-kit-common#663
• Conventional arrows break when objects are dragged out of toolbox circuit-construction-kit-common#664
• There should be no sound on the home screen icons or other joist parts circuit-construction-kit-common#668
• Joist touch up issue should be corrected circuit-construction-kit-common#669
• The next RCs should have the Android fixes circuit-construction-kit-common#670

[KatieWoe]

Platforms:

• Win 10 Chrome (Time = 4h)
• Win 10 Firefox (Time = 2.5h)
• MacOS 11 Safari (Time = 1.5h )
• iPadOS 14 Safari (Time = 1 hour)
• ChromeOS (Time = 10 min)

[samreid]

I think it could be sufficient to test each of the issues one on platform each (as long as you test on a platform that exhibited the problem in RC.1).

[KatieWoe]

QA is done

[samreid]

@arouinfar can you please review the issues and let me know if they should block publication?

[KatieWoe]

BTW checked RC on android app on tablet, and it seems to work there.

[arouinfar]

The only potentially blocking issue is phetsims/circuit-construction-kit-common#673, but I can't make a call without being able to judge the severity of the issue.

[samreid]

We determined that phetsims/circuit-construction-kit-common#673 is non-blocking, so I'll close this issue and work towards publishing a production version.

[samreid]

Perhaps I'll use this issue for the publication steps before moving it to the "published" column.

[samreid]

I asked @KatieWoe on slack if the QA credits are up-to-date.

[samreid]

@KatieWoe reported:

add Brooklyn Lash, Megan Lai, Matthew Moore, and Devon Quispe

[samreid]

Deployed: https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/circuit-construction-kit-dc/latest/circuit-construction-kit-dc_en.html
Please wait for the build-server to complete the deployment, and then test!
After testing, let the simulation lead know it has been deployed, so they can edit metadata on the website

[samreid]

I published the 1.2 versions of the sims. @arouinfar do we need to update metadata on the website?

@oliver-phet and @arouinfar discussed that we may need to reach out to clients or people that have written in to phethelp. Please feel free to open a separate issue as appropriate.

[arouinfar]

@samreid I've updated the Teacher Tips and website metadata. Announcement email will be tracked in phetsims/tasks#1078, closing.