Sep 12 2022 44 mins 7
Jason Adam is a software with a non-traditional background in biology, business development, and data analytics. Now he's active as a developer, and on the lookout for proven practices he can introduce to his team. On this episode we talk about Trunk-Based Development, and the related topics of continuous integration and deployment, infrastruture as code, and much more.
In this episode
- How Trunk-based development differs from GitFlow and other branching strategies
- Two flavors of trunk-based development
- How Trunk-based development fits into the larger picture of continuous integration and continuous delivery
- Techniques for working in smaller batches
- How test-driven development enhances trunk-based development
- Using feature flags for smaller batches
- How to keep pull requests small
- Cherry-picking small changes out of a larger pull request
- How Infrastructure-as-Code works with CI and CD
Resources
- Book: Continuous Delivery by Jez Humble and Dave Farley
- Book: Domain-Driven Design by Eric Evans
- Book: Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael Feathers
- Book: Clean Architecture by Robert Martin
Guest
Jason Adam
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