DevOps Practices
DevOps Practices refer to a set of cultural philosophies, practices, and tools that combine software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops) to shorten the systems development life cycle and provide continuous delivery with high software quality. It emphasizes collaboration, automation, monitoring, and feedback loops across the entire application lifecycle, from development and testing to deployment and operations. The goal is to enable organizations to deliver applications and services at high velocity, improving efficiency and reliability.
Developers should learn and use DevOps Practices to streamline workflows, reduce deployment failures, and enhance team collaboration, especially in fast-paced environments like startups, cloud-native applications, or large-scale enterprise systems. Specific use cases include implementing continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for automated testing and deployment, using infrastructure as code (IaC) for consistent environment provisioning, and adopting monitoring and logging tools for real-time issue detection and resolution in production.