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A Brief Introduction to DevOps

In most organizations, there exists a fine line of difference between the development and operation teams. As per this traditional workflow, developers are responsible for designing and developing a software product. Once development is completed, testers implement several methodologies to complete testing of the developed codes and log in bugs and defects. Deployment and migration teams are responsible for code deployment to various environments and data management, respectively.

As different individuals handle department sections of the software development cycle, the overall time is more. It also introduces tons of bugs and discrepancies. This is where the concept of DevOps comes into play!

DevOps or Development and Operational teams are cojoined, where a single team is formed with multi-skilled professionals. Here, a developer needs to know how testing and database management work to process the entire software life function successfully. Similarly, the deployment professionals must have varied skills. With DevOps, the manual legacy systems of an organization can be automated for enhancing both performance and productivity.

Importance of DevOps

DevOps play a crucial role in bringing all the phases of software development in sync. Since it combines the development and operational teams, the technology offers more leverage than one can comprehend. These are:

With automatic and continuous deployment techniques, codes can be released into the desired environments faster.
Any error in the deployment scripts or class files can be known easily from the logs.
Thanks to the integrated operations, workflows can be simplified for faster performance and enhanced productivity.
With enhanced collaboration between the development and operational team, it is possible to work on the user feedback and remove redundancies.
DevOps helps automate several repetitive tasks for faster work and reduces manual intervention.
With the implementation of DevOps, you can introduce a far more agile process within the organization.

History of DevOps

Here is a brief timeline describing how a mere discussion between two professionals led to the emergence of such revolutionary technology.

In 2007, Patrick Debois and Andrew Clay discussed where DevOps was conceptualized.
After they expressed their concerns about the lack of sync between teams involved in the software development lifecycle, they decided to find a more agile solution in 2008.
In 2009, O’Reilly Velocity Conference, John Allspaw and Paul Hammond gave a presentation on DevOps.
In 2010, DevOps Day was celebrated in Belgium, which marked its first footstep in the global market.
After a year, in 2010, professionals willing to venture further into this new concept organized the DevOps Days in the US, which received a huge global presence.
In 2011, several IT organizations worked with vendors to develop new DevOps tools.
Post this in 2012, the world saw several companies collaborating with top-notch players in the DevOps, like HP, IBM, and more.
In 2013, Kevin Behr, Gene Kim, and George Spafford released the first book on DevOps named the “The Phoenix Project.”
Gene Kim, Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and others produced the DevOps State of Industry Report.
Gartner revealed that DevOps can become a new world-changing strategy for 2000 in the Gartner report, 2016.
The Forester Research of 2017 declared that year to be the “Year of Enterprise DevOps”.
By the end of 2018, around 30 conferences were held on DevOps, solely in the US.
A Gartner report of 2019 revealed that leaders are inclining towards DevOps but might struggle with organizational changes.
2021 revealed how DevOps can identify human errors and facilitate the development process.

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