Tips for Implementing a Software Release Process
Implement a release process for managing and controlling software application releases
Software Development process is not complete and mature without a well-defined release process for the software applications. Every software application needs to be delivered or deployed at some point in time and for agile projects, this is happening more often. Therefore, there is a need to maintain software quality across the application releases to avoid deploying untested or malicious code to production environments.
Defining a release process for software applications helps in ensuring that software releases maintain a constant release quality. In addition, software changes and new features are traceable or can be correlated to specific releases easily. As a result, changelogs and release notes are easier for a generation.
I this post, I will discuss some of the most important topics and areas regarding defining a release process for a software application and will provide some tips for the implementation of these topics.
Project Workflow:
Assuming that the software application is using git as the version control system of your application, It is important to decide and define the used workflow in the…
