Continuous delivery: reliable software releases through build, test, and deployment automation

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 10
Foreword......Page 22
Preface......Page 24
Acknowledgments......Page 32
About the Authors......Page 34
Part I: Foundations......Page 36
  Introduction......Page 38
  Some Common Release Antipatterns......Page 39
  How Do We Achieve Our Goal?......Page 46
  What Are the Benefits?......Page 52
  The Release Candidate......Page 57
  Principles of Software Delivery......Page 59
  Summary......Page 64
  Introduction......Page 66
  Using Version Control......Page 67
  Managing Dependencies......Page 73
  Managing Software Configuration......Page 74
  Managing Your Environments......Page 84
  Summary......Page 89
  Introduction......Page 90
  Implementing Continuous Integration......Page 91
  Prerequisites for Continuous Integration......Page 94
  Using Continuous Integration Software......Page 98
  Essential Practices......Page 101
  Suggested Practices......Page 106
  Distributed Teams......Page 110
  Distributed Version Control Systems......Page 114
  Summary......Page 117
  Introduction......Page 118
  Types of Tests......Page 119
  Real-Life Situations and Strategies......Page 127
  Process......Page 134
  Summary......Page 136
Part II: The Deployment Pipeline......Page 138
  Introduction......Page 140
  What Is a Deployment Pipeline?......Page 141
  Deployment Pipeline Practices......Page 148
  The Commit Stage......Page 155
  The Automated Acceptance Test Gate......Page 157
  Subsequent Test Stages......Page 161
  Preparing to Release......Page 163
  Implementing a Deployment Pipeline......Page 168
  Metrics......Page 172
  Summary......Page 175
  Introduction......Page 178
  An Overview of Build Tools......Page 179
  Principles and Practices of Build and Deployment Scripting......Page 187
  Project Structure for Applications That Target the JVM......Page 192
  Deployment Scripting......Page 195
  Tips and Tricks......Page 199
  Summary......Page 203
  Introduction......Page 204
  Commit Stage Principles and Practices......Page 205
  The Results of the Commit Stage......Page 209
  Commit Test Suite Principles and Practices......Page 212
  Summary......Page 220
  Introduction......Page 222
  Why Is Automated Acceptance Testing Essential?......Page 223
  Creating Acceptance Tests......Page 228
  The Application Driver Layer......Page 233
  Implementing Acceptance Tests......Page 239
  The Acceptance Test Stage......Page 248
  Acceptance Test Performance......Page 253
  Summary......Page 257
  Introduction......Page 260
  Managing Nonfunctional Requirements......Page 261
  Programming for Capacity......Page 263
  Measuring Capacity......Page 266
  The Capacity-Testing Environment......Page 269
  Automating Capacity Testing......Page 273
  Adding Capacity Tests to the Deployment Pipeline......Page 279
  Additional Benefits of a Capacity Test System......Page 282
  Summary......Page 283
  Introduction......Page 284
  Creating a Release Strategy......Page 285
  Deploying and Promoting Your Application......Page 288
  Rolling Back Deployments and Zero-Downtime Releases......Page 294
  Emergency Fixes......Page 300
  Continuous Deployment......Page 301
  Tips and Tricks......Page 305
  Summary......Page 308
Part III: The Delivery Ecosystem......Page 310
  Introduction......Page 312
  Understanding the Needs of the Operations Team......Page 314
  Modeling and Managing Infrastructure......Page 318
  Managing Server Provisioning and Configuration......Page 323
  Managing the Configuration of Middleware......Page 330
  Managing Infrastructure Services......Page 335
  Virtualization......Page 338
  Cloud Computing......Page 347
  Monitoring Infrastructure and Applications......Page 352
  Summary......Page 358
  Introduction......Page 360
  Database Scripting......Page 361
  Incremental Change......Page 362
  Rolling Back Databases and Zero-Downtime Releases......Page 366
  Managing Test Data......Page 369
  Data Management and the Deployment Pipeline......Page 373
  Summary......Page 378
  Introduction......Page 380
  Keeping Your Application Releasable......Page 381
  Dependencies......Page 386
  Components......Page 391
  Managing Dependency Graphs......Page 398
  Managing Binaries......Page 408
  Managing Dependencies with Maven......Page 410
  Summary......Page 414
  Introduction......Page 416
  A Brief History of Revision Control......Page 417
  Branching and Merging......Page 423
  Distributed Version Control Systems......Page 428
  Stream-Based Version Control Systems......Page 434
  Develop on Mainline......Page 440
  Branch for Release......Page 443
  Branch by Feature......Page 445
  Branch by Team......Page 447
  Summary......Page 450
  Introduction......Page 452
  A Maturity Model for Configuration and Release Management......Page 454
  Project Lifecycle......Page 456
  A Risk Management Process......Page 464
  Common Delivery Problems—Their Symptoms and Causes......Page 467
  Compliance and Auditing......Page 471
  Summary......Page 477
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