Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. From a web development perspective: Deployment refers to getting your program to a running state on a server. I try to keep these terms separate and I try to say things such as I am deploying the newest production-ready release 1.
Improve this answer. A common release cycle is labeling and deployment to production are not always done : build, deploy and test code until it is potentially ready for release; label that code as a release candidate; deploy the release candidate for pre-release testing; generate release candidates until a release candidate is stable enough for release; label the stable release candidate as a release version; and deploy the release version to production.
BillThor BillThor 6, 15 15 silver badges 17 17 bronze badges. What do you mean by deploying snapshots? Like copying one specific dll from a Web Application project into the associated web server directory? I don't know about others, but I would not use the word "deploy" for releasing shrink-wrap desktop software to customers.
Or you would use deploy by itself if you were the IT department taking the shrink-wrapped software and shipping it to all the desktops.
Take a typical app. Evgeny Evgeny 3 3 bronze badges. The Overflow Blog. Does ES6 make JavaScript frameworks obsolete? Podcast Do polyglots have an edge when it comes to mastering programming Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile. Related 6. But before I was a Smalltalk programmer I was an APL programmer, and that was also a world of hackable virtual machine images in which development and deployment were indistinguishable.
Therefore, I'm rather convinced that the current world in which people edit separate source code files and then run build pipelines to create deployment artifacts that didn't exist while editing code, and then deploy those artifacts to users, is the fluke.
We have somehow institutionalized this software development anti-pattern, and the demands of the evolving software landscape are pressuring us to find a way back to the more effective techniques of the 's. Hence the success of Docker. Hence the need for what I am about to propose. I have two suggestions: that we implement and use version control in runtime systems, and that we develop software by making changes to running systems, instead of replacing them with a new running system. These two ideas are related.
In order to make changes safely to a running system, we need some versioning capability to support an "undo" capability. Perhaps it would be fair to say that I make only one suggestion.
Let me illustrate by way of example. Let's start by imagining a static website. You want to change some HTML files. How should that work? If you're like most developers, you'll have two, maybe three, sites—one for development, one for QA or staging , and one for production.
You'll directly edit the files in the development instance. When you're ready, you'll "deploy" your changes to the staging instance. After user acceptance testing, you'll deploy again, this time to production. Using Occam's Razor, let's avoid creating entities needlessly. How many machines do we need? We could use a single computer. How many web servers do we need? We could use a single web server with multiple virtual hosts.
Instead of multiple virtual hosts, could we use a single virtual host? I could not agree more… The beauty of it is that we can get a long way with virtual machines to do our testing. But it does take dedication to the the end-to-end thinking that is required to make sure that the value of the solution keeps getting delivered.
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The beauty of Umbraco is that it goes beyond the digital. Meet our friendly, talented, and welcoming Community. Try for free. What is Deployment? Table of content Which steps are in the deployment process flow? The different types of deployment Deployment best practices What time of day should you deploy changes? What are the advantages of deployment and multiple environments?
What does it mean to deploy a website? Deployment made easy with Umbraco Cloud. Which steps are in the deployment process flow? Below we'll dive into each of the 5 steps, but before we do, we'd like to add a quick note.
If your situation requires additional steps in the process then you should absolutely do that. Remember to have a software deployment plan To make sure the deployment process goes as smoothly as possible it is best to have a deployment plan that you follow - every time.
The actual development Once you have the plan in place, it's time to do the actual development. Testing your changes Testing your changes is crucial to ensure that no bugs make it into the final production environment.
Deploying changes to the live environment Once all of the testing has been done on previous environments and any bugs have been fixed, it's time to deploy your changes to the live environment. Monitor your changes Once your new changes are live and real users are actively using your website or application, it's important to monitor that everything works as intended.
Different types of deployment When it comes to the type of deployment it will often be split up in a two-part deployment approach.
Deployment of metadata Metadata includes changes to your code, templates , stylesheets, files, and so on. Deployment of content Content such as text, images, and videos are handled differently during deployment as they are less complicated to move between environments than metadata.
An example of multiple environments in Umbraco Cloud. Deployment best practices When you're working with deployment environments it is - as previously mentioned - important to have a plan and a clear process for it in your team.
Use Git This one might seem obvious, but having a version control system is invaluable to any good deployment workflow.
Work in branches As a general rule of thumb, your team should be working in branches. Use a local environment as your development environment While it is possible to work directly on a development environment, it will in most cases save you a lot of time by working locally instead.
Review the differences before deploying to the live environment When your testing team has ensured that it's all working in your staging environment it's finally time to deploy the code to live.
Because of those few times where it actually did catch an error. Have a deployment schedule As part of your deployment plan, we highly recommend that you include a deployment schedule as well.
Consider having user groups with different permissions While any developer should be able to push changes to staging environments, it can be a good idea to restrict who can deploy to live. Speaking of stuff breaking Stay calm - even if something breaks You just deployed to your production environment and now your website is broken. Sound familiar?
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