#application

I’ve been around long enough to remember when deploying an application meant copying a *.exe file from the developer’s machine right into production. I am not making this up. It was that simple, and that fraught with peril. Applications weren’t complex — they were often not anything more than that simple *.exe file — and the process around deployment didn’t need to be anything complex, but it probably should have been. Proper deployment of an application is something we’ve learned to do over the years. The process of properly building, testing, and deploying an application has grown more complex for two reasons. First, the process must ensure that every deployment succeeds. Deploying complex applications can be convoluted and challenging, and a strict deployment process ensures everything happens properly and runs correctly. Second, the process must thoroughly test the application to make sure that all the moving parts work together to create a properly functioning application.  Today’