11 protips for smooth web application deployment

11 tips for a smooth web application deployment FeWeb Fullscreen 2011

Michelangelo van Dam• PHP Consultant• President PHPBenelux• Zend Certiﬁed Enigneer ZEND FRAMEWORK PHP .

#1: Tasklist

Keeping track of the future

While knowing the past

#2: Revision control

Great for collaboration

And to tag milestones

#3: Release notes

Celebrating a release

#4: Documentation

Resources for team members

#5: Automatisation

From retrieving sources

To deployments

#6: Staging (DTAP)

Cheap hosting

Even cheaper virtualization

#7: Control

Quality of code

Indication of progress

#8: Acceptation

Random end-user testing

It’s a proven part of SE

#9: Strategy

Deploy continuously

#10: Trust Photo credit Joe Nangle

Achieve trust by collaboration

#11: Relaxation

Deploy from anywhere Photo credit by pinguino

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