DevOps: The Philosophical Movement
As Gene Kim, American entrepreneur and founder of Tripwire, says, DevOps is “not yet a precise collection of practices, descriptive or prescriptive.”[1] Similarly, as Drupal enters its own era of philosophical movement towards Drupal 8, what more fitting time to focus around how we can bridge the gap between Developers and Operations to further improve our DevOps workflows.
In the DevOps Track Description, we drew comparisons between Development and Operations being like Peanut Butter and Chocolate. Some people might think this analogy is stretching the limits or just an easy way to justify having a bunch of Peanut Butter Cups on my desk but the correlation between Peanut Butter and Chocolate is the same sort of philosophical relationship we look for between Development and Operations teams. This philosophical relationship is what we hope to explore during the DevOps track at DrupalCon Baltimore.
When we say DevOps (or Peanut Butter Cups) what are we talking about? We’re talking about having conversations around the use of Composer in Drupal projects. We’re talking about having conversations around the use of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. We’re talking about having conversations around automated testing and “push on green”. And we’re talking about having conversations around containers, Docker, Kubernetes, and more. If any of this interests you, come checkout the DevOps track at DrupalCon Bawlmer or even submit a session.
You can reach out to Joe Stewart, Ashok Modi, and me (Brian Thompson) with questions, suggestions or for assistance about the track and session proposals.
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Brian Thompson
DevOps Track Chair
DrupalCon Baltimore