Continuous delivery

Learn how to set up continuous deployment in Java, then add a feature flag to your app to change how it behaves in production without having to redeploy.

Feature flagging is a technique development teams deploy to enable easy switches between codepaths in their systems, at runtime. In simpler terms, they’re control structures that toggle on and off the code inside them. Dev teams use feature flags for a wide variety of purposes, from canary releases to A/B…

Which is a better approach to developing, testing, and delivering new code: feature flags, or feature branches? Can you move faster without merge hell?

Of the teams I spoke with who are practicing Continuous Delivery, the vast majority were not practicing Continuous Deployment. Let’s explore why that might be.

There’s more than one way to succeed with Continuous Delivery. In this article we summarize four of the common tactics various organizations employ.

Last week we walked The Path To Progressive Delivery. This week, we go deeper. What goals can we meet with the Four Shades of Progressive Delivery? After you read or watch this week’s episode, you will be better equipped to choose a Progressive Delivery approach that works for you. My…

Last week I said I would start a two-part series on progressive delivery. Here’s the promised first installment. Whether you’d rather read or watch the video, let’s jump right in! First “Radical” Idea on the Path to Progressive Delivery: Continuous Integration The story starts with the birth of Continuous Integration.…

Last week, I spoke about the foundational idea of decoupling deployment from release. This week, let’s answer the question, “Why would I want to?” At a high level, there are really just two reasons: #1: You want to prevent code that’s still a work in progress from being exposed to users…

Recently, there was a very active twitter thread that started when John Cutler asked whether everyone knew about the idea of decoupling deploy and release: From the replies, retweets, and likes, it was pretty clear that not everyone knew about decoupling deploy from release, and how feature flags make that…