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Crappystrano

Note: After I started this series Jeremy Miller has posted a very relevant article about source code hygiene issues.
(This is the third part in a series - you should probably read part one and two first.)
Today I’ll present a sanitised copy of my deployment script. I’ve based the design of deploy.cmd on Capistrano1 [...]

A deployment process

I know I said my next post would be my deployment script but after posting - I realised that I should do a 1000 foot overview of what I’m trying to achieve.
For me - a successful deployment has a number of components:

Build

Code successfully builds 
tests pass.

Versioning

I know exactly which revision was deployed from subversion.
I know what [...]

Automated deployment == CI for Operations

Deployment is a subject that is near and dear to my heart. I’m almost always the guy who gets to debug production problems, deployment problems and generally wears a developer + infrastructure hat.1
When it comes to web applications - most teams don’t bother automating their deployment processes. This is something that I think is in [...]