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Deploying Software to the Cloud

Abstract:

Evolution of Salesforce.com:

Web App -> Service -> Platform -> Cloud

Web App to Web Service

• Ad-Hoc nature of our initial deployments.
• Go with what you know. Or whatever is lying around.
• Releasing code using a Version Control System
• Linear vs Distributed Version Control Systems
• Problems scaling VCS-based deployments with a centralized, linear VCS
• Inherent overhead of a VCS
  • Perforce
  • Git

Becoming a Platform:

• Weird math: 3 Releases a year == 500 Releases a year
• Feeling the strain of success.

In the Cloud:

• Approaching Zero Downtime deployments.
• Trust is No. 1
• Innovation at Scale
• Moving beyond the VCS:
  • Packages, bundles artifacts...
  • Simple, stupid versioning.
  • Dependencies.
  • Moving away from VCS/Perforce...
  • ...without breaking anything.
  • Migration vs. Disruption
  • HTTP and REST

Getting faster in the future:

• BitTorrent and beyond...

What kind of team does it take:

• First class problems require first class engineers.
• Real DevOps is a must.

Speaker: Bev Carleton, Salesforce - Technology Leadership and Culture Development