DevOps For Dummies

by Emily Freeman

Develop faster with DevOps DevOps embraces a culture of unifying the creation and distribution of technology in a way that allows for faster release cycles and more resource-efficient product updating. DevOps For Dummies provides a guidebook for those on the development or operations side in need of a primer on this way of working. Inside, DevOps evangelist Emily Freeman provides a roadmap for adopting the management and technology tools, as well as the culture changes, needed to dive head-first into DevOps. DevOps For Dummies is essential reading for developers and operations professionals in the early stages of DevOps adoption.

Genres: Computers, Programming, Nonfiction, Technology, Software

368 pages, Paperback

Published August 20, 2019

Reviews

[Ane · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is so for dummies it barely talks about DevOps at all :/

[Evelina Rimkute · Rating 4 out of 5]

📌Changes should be simulating, not stressful.
📌Unlike simple, linear systems, the code and infrastructure we operate and maintain are incredibly complex. A single "root cause" simply does not exist. The failure is the result of pf multiple actions in the system, so it would make more sense to look for "sources of failure".
📌Everyone is accountable, but not everyone is an owner.
And my favourite one:
📌Increasing velocity requires optimizing performance while respecting the constraints and context the team experiences daily. (Longer working hours could not do much here😉 )

Bringing more light into DevOps mindset author covered so many vital points for every organization, that give my vote this being one of the greatest IT books in 2019!

[Dace Petersone · Rating 4 out of 5]

Started as an intern, completed as a analyst)) This book contains general fundamentals of DevOps mindset and principles, and overall tooling overview.

[Christopher Thiebaut · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are some helpful and interesting things here, but also unaddressed contradictions and also some profoundly bad advice mixed in. For example, this book says to promote work life balance for your employees, but also says engineers who resist being on call are an indication of a cultural problem.

It also claims to value diversity, but encourages any team member (not just a supervisor) to address performance or behavior issues perceived in new employees. To me, this feels like a great recipe for building an abusive monoculture.

While the author clearly has a lot of valuable experience and there is a lot to learn here, the thought of working at a company she runs or where leadership read her book uncritically makes me feel physically ill.

[Christian Herro · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m admittedly biased (Emily is a friend and was kind enough to mention me in the acknowledgements), but this is an excellent overview of getting started on your devops journey. From learning how, what, and why we measure; to how to find small wins; to finding champions for this cultural shift, this book covers it all.

[Elizabeth Orta · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was slow to read. It took me a while to get into it and finish reading it. The concepts are great and helped me understand DEVOPS a little better.

[Brian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great in depth look at many topics across Devops. Keep within close reach for reference!

[Paul Pryce · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thoroughly good and enjoyable. Maybe some of the technical sections will date with time, but as a philosophy I can see this book being in my work library for years to come.