Ask Slashdot: How Often Do You Push To Production?

First time accepted submitter Stiletto writes "I work for a traditional 'old school' software company that is trying to move into web services, now competing with smaller, nimbler 'Web 2.0' companies. Unfortunately our release process is still stuck in the '90s. Paperwork and forms, sign-off meetings, and documentation approvals make it impossible to do even minor deployments to production faster than once a month. Major releases go out a couple of times a year. I've heard from colleagues in Bay Area companies who release weekly or daily (or even multiple times a day), allowing them to adapt quickly. Slashdotters, how often do you push software changes into production, and what best practices allow you to maintain that deployment rate without chaos?"

Comments

Visual Studio

[PieDkaj]

I push to production fairly often. Our company's Visual Studios have been configured with test cases that make testing easy, and therefore we can push to production much more often than those who do not use Visual Studio.

Re:Visual Studio

[MyLongNickName]

Hello, Pie. I am afraid I can't pay you full price for this review. Our contract clearly states a 300 word minimum, first post, and at least one real life example of someone using the product. You met one of the three criteria, but this isn't enough. Please try harder next time.

Re:Visual Studio

[avandesande]

It's a 'shroll'

Updates daily?

[Anonymous Coward]

Many a user of that site wishes they would STOP updating.