Automation - Code Aperture

Self Signed Certificates and Sub-Domains with Local IIS - Automated Developer Machine Setup Part III

As any developer can tell you, having their machine match production as close as possible is key. A lot of websites today now make use of subdomains, IE platform.mysite.com. In addition, it is very rare to run across a website today which doesn't use SSL. There is just

Automation

Automated Developer Machine Setup - Part I - Introduction and DISM

It seems no matter where you work as a developer, the first day or two is all about setting up the company issued laptop with the necessary tools to do the job. Everyone recognizes how much pain in the ass that is, and how much time is wasted doing it.

devops

DevOps - Introduction to Streamlined Deployments

As stated in the previous article, DevOps is the answer to the question, "what do I have to change in my process to be able to and want to deploy to production 10 times a day with zero downtime?" The number 10 was not just some random number

RedGate

Static Data with Multiple Database Tenants

The loan origination system my team and I are responsible for have 20 tables marked as static data in Redgate's SQL Source Control. One example of static data is a tile type. The loan origination system has a dashboard made up of multiple tiles. There are six different types of

Automation

Database Changes - Build Once, Deploy Anywhere

A core concept of continuous delivery is build once, deploy anywhere. The idea behind it is simple, the code is built once and deployed to all the servers throughout the various environments. For example, if you had a development, testing, staging and production server, you would build once before deploying

Continuous Delivery

Getting to Continuous Delivery

Continuous Delivery allows us as developers to respond quickly to feedback to ensure we are meeting the business needs. Being able to respond quickly to changes the business needs without putting underdo strain on our resources will help us deliver value to the company and by extension our customers. Definitions

Automation

Six Ways to Fail At Local Database Development

A while ago I was assigned to a project to move all of all the business logic from Oracle packages into C# code. Before I could even start moving the code I had to create a suite of tests covering those business rules in the database. The Oracle packages read

Automation

How to bring down a Production SQL Server with one line of code

Small releases shouldn't cause major outages. It certainly shouldn't take down a production database server. In the end it was one line of code. That exposed several flaws and brought down the database server. Wednesday night my team and I deployed a release to production. The release consisted of both