Why You Need to Stop Using "The" Staging Server

Abstract

The old staging methodology is broken for modern development. In fact, the staging server is left over from when we built monolithic applications. Find out why microservice architectures are driving ephemeral testing environments & why every sized dev shop should deliver true continuous deployment.

Staging servers slow down development with merge conflicts, slow iteration loops, and man-hour intensive processes. To build better software faster containers and infrastructure as code are key in 2017. Dev Ops professionals miss this talk at their own peril.

We’ll show why the staging server methodology is incompatible with microservice architecture. We’ll cover why containers unlock the key to ephemeral testing environments that eliminate huge feedback bottlenecks and cripple development. We’ll show how asset and container management is critical.

Presenter Bio - Chloe Condon

Former musical theater actress and recent Hackbright Academy graduate, Chloe is now a Developer Evangelist at Codefresh. Pre-Hackbright, she spent her nights and weekends performing in the Bay Area as a singer/actress and worked in tech by day. To support her theater career, she started to learn to code on her own through online resources. She is now the first female engineering hire on her team- and is passionate about bringing people with non-traditional backgrounds into the world of tech.

As a Developer Evangelist at Codefresh, Chloe supports a team that is developing a Docker-native CI/CD that allows you to build, test, and deploy your application with quick build times, unique image management capabilities, and the ability to spin-up pre-staging environments. You can use Codefresh for free at www.codefresh.io (http://www.codefresh.io/)