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Testing Code Changes with a Production-Like Environment Accelerates Releases

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The Roost platform provides developers with a test environment management tool that instantly tests code changes using existing workflows by automatically scanning source code repositories for unit testing.

What is a production-like environment?

A production-like environment provides DevOps teams with an on demand service integration testing and validation tier that is as close to production as possible.

It provides software engineers with an on-demand service integration testing and validation tier that resembles production as much a possible.

An on demand Roost test environment automatically scan source code repositories accessing all necessary containers and micro services required to test and validate code changes. This automates the testing process and prevents integration issues in production environments as code changes are tested with the latest versioning.

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Why DevOps Teams Need a Production-like Environment

In today’s development process there is no place for developers to test and validate their code with production-ready services, for early discovery of service-to-service interaction and upstream/downstream dependencies issues.

A traditional testing environment may allow for user acceptance testing and developers to do basic testing and validation of code; however, it becomes impossible for efficient testing to occur when dealing with modern complex architectures such as containers, microservices and cloud-native applications. Complexity scales faster than the number of services.

The continuous integration phase (CI) of CI/CD is supposed to help resolve issues and speed up the development life cycle by continuously and automatically adding code into the production pipeline. However, this process actually slows down the release cycle because issues are not discovered until very close to the release deadline.

Icon_Developers-GreenDevelopers who use a production-like environment, as defined above, can test service changes automatically and continuously with dependent services. This ensures that the changed service not only works on “my machine” but also works with the rest of the dependent services.

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Developers who use a test environments can test service changes automatically and continuously with dependent services. This ensures that the changed service not only works on “my machine” but also works with the rest of the dependent services.

 

 

Developing and Testing in a Production-like Environment Accelerates the Pipeline and Eliminates CIIcon_Increase Productivity

By eliminating the need for traditional CI and left-shifting the battle-hardening of services & applications into the hands of developers, releases can be accelerated by at least 60%.

A production-like environment allows all service changes to be tested and certified by developers thus the traditional CI phase is not needed anymore. Furthermore, once these changes go to an actual production environment, the chances of failure are close to none.

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How can Roost help with system integration testing?

Roost environment can set the entire tech stack without disrupting any of your existing process, practice around code/build/deploy pipelines. EaaS enables incremental testing and identifying breaking changes almost immediately along with the change that needs a relook. This saves precious time when promoting the changes for upcoming release.  

Why is a Roost environment better than a staging environment for software testing and system testing?

Currently development teams have no place to test their code with production-ready services in order to  discover of service-to-service interaction and dependencies issues.

A staging area may allow developers to do basic testing and code validation; however, it becomes impossible to quickly and effectively test code when dealing with today's complex architectures such as cloud-native applications, containers, microservices, etc. The continuous integration (CI) phase helped with unit testing of applications. This has worked well for monolithic applications but with the proliferation of containers & microservices has lost its effectiveness. With the size of code continuously shrinking, microservices and applications have now become first-class citizens. A new framework is needed to battle harden these services & applications which focus on service-to-service issues.

An on demand Roost test environment automatically scan source code repositories accessing all necessary containers and micro services required to test and validate code changes. This automates the testing process and prevents integration issues in production environments as code changes are tested with the latest versioning.

What is the purpose of A DevOps environment?

A DevOps environment aims to facilitate collaboration between development and operations teams and to automate the build, test, and release process in order to deliver software updates and applications more rapidly, and with more reliable quality. DevOps environments typically involve a combination of tools, processes, and practices that enable organizations to continuously deliver value to their customers by enabling teams to work more efficiently and effectively.

What is the difference between a production environment vs a development environment?

The main difference between a production environment and a development environment is that a production environment is used to run live systems, while a development environment is used to build and test software. In production, the focus is on reliability and performance. In development, the focus is on flexibility and experimentation.