Why DevOps and Continuous delivery are the future?
Dr. Niladri Choudhuri
CEO of Xellentro, International Author, Consultant on Sustainability & Resilience, President Green Computing Foundation, Sustainable IT Manifesto Signatory, Independent Director
Software development is currently in a phase where companies are now able to roll out new features in seconds. Not years, not months, and not even days. Seconds. This is no minor achievement as there was once a time when software products were released once in 2-3 years.
DevOps, Agile, and continuous delivery have ushered in a revolution which has drastically reduced the software development and delivery timelines. Here, we will analyse why DevOps and continuous delivery have worked and understand the reasons behind them being touted as the future of software development.
What are DevOps and Continuous Delivery?
DevOps is the amalgamation of the various stages in software product delivery such as development and testing. DevOps brings in these diverse functionalities together in order to ensure that the processes adopted in the organisation are structured in a manner that keeps all the stakeholders informed.
Continuous delivery, on the other hand, ensures that product releases are much more frequent and adapt quickly to the changing demands. It keeps IT firms constantly on their toes and ensures that they do not fall behind in the race to acquire customers and grow bigger.
What are the advantages of DevOps and Continuous Delivery?
DevOps functions primarily bridge the gap between development, testing, and operations. DevOps engineers are now involved in the different phases of product delivery. Added to this, the increased containerisation has only made it feasible for individual developers to work on new features and integrate into the product code easily. DevOps also offers many tools that aim to ease automation of the processes involved such as build and deployment.
Continuous delivery helps in the rapid delivery of the product in short intervals. It accommodates for continuous customer feedback, better risk assessment, and helps in improving the product quality to a great extent. It is the best bet for IT companies to stay afloat in a competitive environment. It relies heavily on the responsiveness of the end user to improve the product. Currently adopted by many competitive firms involved in web app development, mobile gaming, and other fields, this helps in making firms more accountable to their customers.
Final word
Software development, with the aid of tools and automation, has only become faster and more competitive. This pace does not seem to be slowing down anytime soon. DevOps and continuous delivery complement each other and help in making firms ready to rise up to the market demands. All these factors make these two areas the future of software development and delivery.
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7yI see a tremendous opportunity to leverage DevOps along with CCPM , promulgated by Theory of Constraints. This can dramatically change the way software is developed and delivered. My only concern here is the continuous integration. What kind of architecture lends itself to CI?
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8yHello Niladri, Very nice article. My next learning is certainly devops. Requesting your next article focusing on tools utilised in common Devops development environment till operations.
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8yVery nice Niladri Choudhuri. Plan some workshops for Delhi NCR region. Thanks !
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8yGood observations! However, implementing DevOps & CI needs major change in SW development culture in the organization i.e. monolithic API to micro-service oriented architecture...