Continuous Development Trends in 2020
Software development companies and developers of all shapes and sizes are always looking to improve their processes. The software industry is massive and growing steadily. As a result, there is a lot of competition and those in the space are constantly trying to get a leg up on their competition.
One of the biggest and best ways that companies are optimizing their development processes is by using continuous development. Continuous development is essentially an umbrella term that covers continuous deployment, testing, integration and delivery. It is all about being able to develop and release software and updates quickly and frequently, without sacrificing the quality or security.
In the past, software would be improved, released or updated in one large batch, that often took a lot of time and energy. Continuous development allows continuous updates and changes to be made, which gets software in the hands of the end user as quickly as possible.
While continuous development is being used across the industry, it is still relatively new in the space. With that in mind, this blog post is going to go over a few of the biggest trends in continuous development in 2020.
The Ever-Growing Importance of Security
As mentioned, one of the main goals of continuous development is faster and more frequent updates and releases. Unfortunately, trying to move too fast and pump out the updates as quick as possible can lead to some security risks and things going unchecked.
While security has always been important, data breaches and hacks are more common than ever, so companies need to be careful. Don’t sacrifice security and testing for speed. You still need to check the code for bugs, run the software under load testing, do your penetration testing to make sure it holds up and perform log analyzing to ensure everything is running smoothly.
An Increased Use of Automation
There is no doubting the benefits that automation can have for continuous delivery. It can speed up processes and reduce the amount of work that humans need to put in. There are dozens of different tools and technologies out there that can automate your processes. Whatever parts of your process can be automated, you should do all you can to automate them.
While automation is already a large part of continuous delivery, we see this expanding in 2020 and beyond. Automation can assist in all areas of continuous delivery, but especially in testing. Automating the testing will ensure it gets done correctly and up to par, without slowing down the pipeline.
Strengthening Developer Relationships
While continuous development and all the processes involved are very technical, the people matter as well. Continuous development often requires people from different teams, or simply multiple developers, to work together. Each might be tasked with something different, but it will all come together to help or hurt your efforts.
If people disagree about certain things, or aren’t comfortable with doing things in a new way, your development will lag. Simply put, if your team can not effectively collaborate on the software and do so quickly, your efficiency will suffer. As a result, be sure to illustrate the benefits of working together and collaboration to every member of your team. Show them why it is important to continuously develop, as opposed to how things were done traditionally.
In conclusion, this article has gone over some of the biggest trends in continuous development for 2020. Continuous development, and all of the processes involved, will continue to become more popular among software development companies.
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