In the first part of this two-part series, I covered the mostly non-technical aspects of building a data culture. While the lion’s share of the work will be getting people to work together and embrace ever deeper use of data, as a reader of Simple-Talk, a lot of this transition will be technical. In this … Read more
One of the major trends in enterprise computing, and really in enterprises themselves is an increased emphasis on data. My career has always revolved around data, but this is a new focus for many parts of the organization. Even business units that traditionally don’t care about data realize that access to more, and better, data … Read more
Container orchestration has become a cornerstone of modern application deployment. For beginners stepping into the world of modern application deployment and orchestration, understanding the essence and significance of Kubernetes is essential. A container is a compact and self-contained package comprising essential components like code, runtime, libraries, and system tools necessary for running an application. Container … Read more
In software development the concept of feature toggles are used to selectively turn on and off features. They are, for example, used to restrict some newly introduced features to a select group to see how these features work. While this concept has been long used for user-facing application code, it is also a practice that … Read more
As discussed in Part 1, by segregating our focus on developing code that behaves as expected from the focus on developing code that will be well structured, we have achieved the ability to eliminate wasteful and error prone manual chores. That by itself is a really big win, and I often use that aspect of … Read more
Jenkins serves as an open-source automation server with widespread application in the realm of software development, primarily focusing on continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD). Its core purpose revolves around streamlining the management and automation of diverse tasks associated with software project development, including building, testing, and deployment. Jenkins effectively empowers development teams to … Read more
Docker is an open-source platform that enables developers to automate the deployment and management of applications using containerization. It was created by Solomon Hykes and his team at Docker, Inc., and was first released in 2013. Docker allows developers to package their applications and their dependencies into lightweight, portable containers that can run consistently across … Read more
Jenkins is an open-source multi-platform software for continuous integration/continuous delivery and deployment (CI/CD) in DevOps. It is one of the most common CI/CD tools. Jenkins uses CI/CD pipelines to automate the software development and deployment workflows. Jenkins uses plugins to integrate with DevOps tools such as Docker and Kubernetes. Jenkins plugins can also be used … Read more
If you’ve been using MySQL for a while and want to learn how to orchestrate MySQL containers, you’ve come to the right place. And while using Docker on its own to manage a single MySQL instance or multiple instances has certain drawbacks, such as lacking the ability to orchestrate multiple instances, scale, and provide services … Read more
In coming up with a strategy for managing test data, first you need to understand what the many test requirements are likely to be for the particular database you are developing. Next, you need to create all the different categories of test data required to suite test requirements and, finally, work out how to manage … Read more
Kubernetes is a vast distributed platform that utilizes services to communicate internally and externally. Understanding different types of services and how they work is the beginning of knowing how things go in and out of your cluster and pods. In this article, you will learn what a Kubernetes service is and different types of Kubernetes … Read more
Software development is a very tough discipline. Robert Martin (better known as Uncle Bob) holds that software development is the toughest discipline because never before in human history was there an expectation to deal with such insane levels of details. Software development is so tough that it even created the movement called Extreme Programming (XP). … Read more
If you have been in the DevOps space, you should know about version control and must have worked with 0ne. But, have you heard of BitBucket? No? Well, this tutorial is for you. Bitbucket is a web-based platform that provides hosting services for version control repositories, specifically for source code and development projects. It offers … Read more
A term I have only recently learned is "shift left testing." You can read more about this on Wikipedia here. The term was coined in 2001 and generally means testing earlier in the development lifecycle. Hence, shifting your testing left in the timeline. Just how left should you shift your testing, though? In my mind, so early, the rooster hasn't entirely fallen asleep yet.… Read more
Measuring the wrong things is worse than not measuring anything. In this article, Mallika Gunturu explains the right things to measure for agile.… Read more
Kubernetes production clusters are typically run on cloud platforms. However, running and deploying Kubernetes applications on cloud platforms such as Google Kubernetes Engine is costly. These high costs can restrict the Kubernetes learning process for beginners. However, running Kubernetes clusters locally helps you efficiently test applications without disrupting the production environment or paying for cloud … Read more
Using a change management system for database code is a new idea for many database administrators. Grant Fritchey explains the many benefits of database change control.… Read more
Successfully implanting change in an organization requires buy-in from leadership. Rohan Kapoor explains what’s needed to get leadership alignment.… Read more
