SBP 8 – automate cloud code snippet deployments with standard deployment scripted wrappers

Code is code and must be in version control under a flow (such as Gitflow).

PaaS service provisioning can be niche and custom. Avoid manual deployment by scripting major operations and configurations such as deploy, redeploy, QA, pause, run, stop, and blue/green releases, all of which need to be automated operations.

The significance of deployment automation is undeniable. It’s not just about delivering code anymore; it’s about ensuring its reproducibility, traceability, and, most importantly, consistency. This is where the philosophy that code is just that – code – and it all must be retained in a version control system under a development/approval flow. This is a given for a modern software system. It makes common sense since any work product should be considered a business/enterprise asset and that asset must be put under some process control. In this...