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The road to continuous deployment (PHPCon Poland 2016)

October 9, 2016October 9, 2016Michiel Rook

Below are the slides of my talk “The road to continuous deployment: a case study”, as presented at PHPCon Poland in October 2016.

It’s a situation many of us are familiar with: a large legacy application, limited or no tests, slow & manual release process, low velocity, no confidence…. Oh, and management wants new features, fast.

But how to proceed? Using examples and lessons learned from a real-world case, I’ll show you how to strangle the legacy application with a modern service architecture and build a continuous deployment pipeline to deliver value from the first sprint. On the way, we take a look at testing strategies and various (possibly controversial!) tips and best practices.

The road to continuous deployment (PHPCon Poland 2016) from Michiel Rook

Branches considered harmful

October 4, 2016October 9, 2016Michiel Rook

“Don’t use branches”. Three words that are guaranteed to trigger reactions when I utter them during my continuous deployment talks. Three words that make for interesting discussions. This post contains some of the arguments I use during those discussions. Read more →

The hierarchy of Continuous Deployment

August 8, 2016October 9, 2016Michiel Rook

In this post I’m presenting a twist on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the hierarchy of Continuous Deployment. This version is based on the steps that are required to successfully implement Continuous Deployment (a step up from Continuous Delivery).

CD: Continuous Delivery or Continuous Deployment?

July 20, 2016October 10, 2016Michiel Rook

I’m writing this post to contribute my take on the acronym CD, and the distinction (or perhaps, confusion) between the phrases Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment. These phrases are used interchangeably, and sometimes incorrectly, in various books, blogs and talks. And while these software engineering approaches (or disciplines) share a lot, there is one key difference.