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Deployability
From the day we arrive on the planet And blinking, step into the sun There’s more to be seen than can ever be seen More to do than can ever be done
—The Lion King
There comes a day when software, like the rest of us, must leave home and venture out into the world and experience real life. Unlike the rest of us, software typically makes the trip many times, as changes and updates are made. This chapter is about making that transition as orderly and as effective and—most of all—as rapid as possible. That is the realm of continuous deployment, which is most enabled by the quality attribute of deployability.
Why has deployability come to take a front-row seat in the world of quality attributes?
In the “bad old days,” releases were ...
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