16. Own It
"Annnddd we're live! PetBattle is finally in production, we can crack open the Champagne and toast our success." But now what? How do we know that the site is doing what we expect it to do and, more importantly, how will we know when it isn't performing as we intended? Do we just sit around waiting for customers to complain that the site is down or that errors are happening? Not exactly a good user experience model—or a good use of our time.
In this chapter, we will discuss the tools and techniques that can be utilized to monitor the site and notify us when things start to go wrong so we can react before the entire site goes down. We will also discuss advanced techniques, such as Operators, that can help you automate a lot of the day-to-day operations.
