It’s been an eventful year for GitHub. In November, they created their one-hundred-millionth repository. In October, they announced GitHub Actions. And of course, there was that thing with Microsoft. GitHub has been an essential member of the software community for many years, and joining...
If you’ve been in the software development field for a while, you’re likely to have come across several people—both online and in the real world—advocating for this or that branching strategy. “GitFlow is the only way!” says some developer. “The GitHub flow is more...
Configuration as code (CAC) is managing configuration resources in your source repository. You treat your application config resources as versioned artifacts. By managing your application environment in tandem with your application code, you gain the same benefits you get with your code. CaC is...
YAML Ain’t Markup Language (YAML) is a serialization language that has steadily increased in popularity over the last few years. It’s often used as a format for configuration files, but its object serialization abilities make it a viable replacement for languages like JSON. This YAML...
Liquibase is one of the most versatile tools for database migration. It works on nearly all SQL database platforms. So whether you use MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, Firebird or a combination of these or any other common database platforms, it’s got you covered. It...
Perspective is everything. We developers tend to make a lot of assumptions that lead to mistakes in our code. These assumptions are rooted in our limited perspectives. We’re only human, after all. Talking about these mistakes in the open helps us to avoid them in...
Simply put, infrastructure as code (IaC) is the managing and provisioning of infrastructure through code instead of using a manual process to configure devices or systems. It’s a practical way to manage your operational environment, calling for you to construct your infrastructure just as...