Learning DevOps: Continuously Deliver Better Software - Softcover

Verona, Joakim; Duffy, Michael; Swartout, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1787126617 ISBN 13: 9781787126619

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Learn to use some of the most exciting and powerful tools to deliver world-class quality software with continuous delivery and DevOps

Key Features:

- Get to know the background of DevOps so you understand the collaboration between different aspects of an IT organization and a software developer

- Deploy top-quality software and ensure software maintenance and release management with this practical guide

- This course covers some of the most exciting technology available to DevOps engineers; and demonstrates multiple techniques for using them

- Real-world and realistic examples are provided to help you as you go about the implementation and adoption of continuous delivery and DevOps

Book Description:

Harness the power of DevOps to boost your skill set and make your IT organization perform better. If you're keen to employ DevOps techniques to better your software development; this course contains all you need to overcome the day-to-day complications of managing complex infrastructures the DevOps way.

Start with your first module - Practical DevOps - that encompasses the entire flow from code from testing to production. Get a solid ground-level knowledge of how to monitor code for any anomalies; perform code testing; and make sure the code is running smoothly through a series of real-world exercise; and develop practical skills by creating a sample enterprise Java application.

In the second module; run through a series of tailored mini-tutorials designed to give you a complete understanding of every DevOps automation technique. Create real change in the way you deliver your projects by utilizing some of the most commendable software available today. Go from your first steps of managing code in Git to configuration management in Puppet; monitoring using Sensu; and more.

In the final module; get to grips with the continuous delivery techniques that will help you reduce the time and effort that goes into the delivery and support of software.

This Learning Path combines some of the best that Packt has to offer in one complete; curated package. It includes content from the following Packt products:

Practical DevOps by Joakim Verona

DevOps Automation Cookbook by Michael Duffy

Continuous Delivery and DevOps: A Quickstart Guide - Second Edition by Paul Swartout

What You Will Learn:

- Set up and familiarize yourself with all the tools you need to be efficient with DevOps

- Design an application that is suitable for continuous deployment systems with DevOps in mind

- Test the code using automated regression testing with Jenkins Selenium

- Managing the lifecycle of hosts; from creation to ongoing management using Puppet Razor

- Find out how to manage; use; and work with Code in the Git version management system

- See what traps; pitfalls; and hurdles to look out for as you implement continuous delivery and DevOps

Who this book is for:

This course is for developers who want to understand how the infrastructure that builds today's enterprises works; and how to painlessly and regularly ship quality software.

Table of Contents

- Module 1

About this title

About the Authors

Joakim Verona is a consultant who specializes in continuous delivery and DevOps. He has worked on all aspects of systems development since 1994. He has actively contributed as the lead implementer of complex multilayered systems, such as web, multimedia, and mixed software/hardware systems. His wide-ranging technical interests led him to the emerging field of DevOps in 2004, where he has stayed ever since.

Michael Duffy is a technology consultant who spends far too much of his time getting excited about automation tools. Michael lives in a tiny village in Suffolk and when he isn't reading, writing, or playing with automation and infrastructure tools, he can be found spending as much time as he can with his family. He runs his own consultancy, Stunt Hamster Ltd, and spends a lot of time telling clients that DevOps is an approach rather than a job title. Stunt Hamster Ltd. has provided services to clients as large as Telefonica O2 and BskyB and is currently working on software to ease the pain of managing decentralized platforms. Michael has previously written Puppet Reporting and Monitoring, published by Packt Publishing.

Paul Swartout has spent over 2 decades working in the IT industry. He has worked across several different industries and sectors and within organizations of various sizes, from start-ups to multinational corporates. He is and always has been passionate about quality software and how it is delivered. Since first encountering "Agile" he has been committed to the adoption and implementation of Agile techniques and approaches to improve the efficiency, output, and lives of everyone involved in software development. He strongly believes that CD and DevOps add massive value to the way software is delivered, and he wants to ensure as many people realize this as possible. Paul lives in a small seaside town in the southwest of the UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1787126617
• ISBN 13: 9781787126619
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 726