Keys to Continuous Delivery

 

• Process should be automated

• Reduces the number of features introduced per release, minimizing shock to users

• Will reduce the standard release cycle

• Changes approach to releasing software from an event to a non-event

• Helps to avoid off-hour, high risk, expensive deployments

• Know your rollback plan (do you rollback or roll forward only)

• Build in health checks

Principles of Continuous Integration

 

• Maintain a code repository

• Automate the build

• Make the build self-testing

• Everyone commits to the baseline every day

• Every commit (to baseline) should be built

• Keep the build fast

• Test in a clone of the production environment

• Make it easy to get the latest deliverables

• Everyone can see the results of the latest build

• Facilitate automated deployments