Freelance developers don't just code -- they're responsible for testing
and deploying their software as well as documenting the changes and
notifying customers about new releases. A deployment tool is the
perfect assistant and makes your (freelancing) life easier.
Manual software deployment can be a real pain, especially when you're developing a large and complex application with frequent updates. Instead of spending several hours with uploading, building, and testing, wouldn't you rather do what you do best and code instead? Here are five signs, you may need a deployment software:
Distributed work and collaboration have been part of everyday software development for many years. For example, systems such as Github allow developers to work on outstanding open source applications that are used around the globe. However, distributed work can lead to problems that inconveniently show up right before the release date. You can avoid these kinds of problems by using a permanent deployment tool.
On DeployBot, you can use Ansible to process your code before it is deployed to your selected servers. DeployBot makes available Build Tools that can be used to execute commands that will prepare code for deployment. This is done inside a secure Docker container on the DeployBot servers. Inside the container, you have full root access so you are free to run commands that require this access.
The new DeployBot assistant helps you connect your repositories the right way, and more!