What we will cover in this book

The overall vision of the book is to use one sample application and perform the following:

• Automated build: Using build tools such as Ant or Maven
• Continuous Integration (CI): CI using Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS):
  • Compilation
  • Unit test execution: JUnit test cases
  • Code analysis: Using SonarQube
• Cloud platform resources
• CD using VSTS: Utility tasks for WAR deployment
• Continuous deployment using VSTS: Utility tasks for WAR deployment with governance and an approval workflow for the deployment
• Continuous monitoring and security: By configuring notifications in the Azure portal and using role-based access

We will integrate Eclipse IDE with the VSTS for repository-related tasks and perform all end-to-end automation operations as described in the preceding diagram. Every chapter is a building block for the next chapter and at the end of the book, we will be able to visualize the technical implementation and high level design in line.