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Best Practices for Web Developers v1.03
by Kate Rhodes ( masukomi at masukomi dot org )
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
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. Let's get a few things straight
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. Tools, tools, tools
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Your development environment
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. Getting version control right
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You have a production branch.
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Emergency bug fixes start with production.
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Exploring new functionality starts with a new branch.
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You have a main development branch.
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You are not using a version control system that makes branching and merging a pain.
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You are not using CVS anymore.
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You have started using a version control system that's actually good.
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. Testing
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Basic testing concepts
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Unit testing
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Functional / Acceptance testing
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Integration testing
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System testing
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. Triage
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Triage Rules of Thumb
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Is it a Bug or just a Refactoring?
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Feature & Refactoring Triage
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Bug Triage
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When things break.
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. Optimization & load tests
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Triage based on predicted usage.
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Create test data early in realistic amounts.
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Mirror your production environment.
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Learn to use profiling software.
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Set some targets.
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Use diversionary tactics.
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Load testing rules of thumb.
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. Application deployment
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Rules of thumb
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Your live webapp is never in a state that can't be rolled back to in the future.
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You have copies of
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your server / client specific configuration files in version control.
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Updates are always done atomically.
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All instances of your webapp are in the same state.
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Automated application deployment
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kate rhodes 2007-05-18
