You’ve spent all of this time developing your next big thing: what’s next but to ship it to the wild? Whether it is a product, internal service, or library, the last (and most important) step is delivering the fruits of your labor to your audience.
It’s easy for developers to forget that code-complete is only the beginning of an actual application’s life cycle. A successful project will spend much more time in production than it will in development, and stability and maintainability are premium features.
This is a chapter all about really finishing your work and building something that will run as painlessly as possible for years to come. Be the task performance, logging, release, or long-term maintenance, it’s all important in shipping something that is truly excellent. There is certainly a lot to worry about when your baby finally leaves home; we hope these recipes help you get it right.