How GitHub Builds Software

See every step how we ship changes to github.com starting from a new, empty MacBook.

Presented at TechMeetup Edinburgh in 2016 and FreeAgent and RubyConf Kenya in 2017.

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1. How people build software ! " How GitHub Builds Software Mike McQuaid
2. How people build software ! Mike McQuaid Senior Engineer at GitHub mike@mikemcquaid.com https://github.com/MikeMcQuaid https://twitter.com/MikeMcQuaid 2 !
3. How people build software ! ! How GitHub Builds Software 3 •macOS bootstrap •GitHub clone •GitHub bootstrap •Writing GitHub code •Committing GitHub code •Creating a GitHub pull request •Deploying a GitHub pull request •Verifying a GitHub deployment •Merging a GitHub pull request
4. How people build software ! ! macOS bootstrap 4
5. How people build software ! ! 5 macOS bootstrap
6. How people build software ! ! macOS bootstrap 6
7. How people build software ! ! macOS bootstrap 7
8. How people build software ! ! macOS bootstrap 8
9. How people build software ! ! macOS bootstrap 9
10. How people build software ! ! macOS bootstrap 10
11. How people build software ! ! GitHub clone 11
12. How people build software ! ! GitHub clone 12
13. How people build software ! ! GitHub bootstrap 13
14. How people build software ! ! GitHub bootstrap 14
15. How people build software ! ! GitHub bootstrap 15
16. How people build software ! ! GitHub bootstrap 16
17. How people build software ! ! GitHub bootstrap 17
18. How people build software ! ! Writing GitHub code 18
19. How people build software ! ! Writing GitHub code 19
20. How people build software ! ! Writing GitHub code 20
21. How people build software ! ! Committing GitHub code 21
22. How people build software ! ! Committing GitHub code 22
23. How people build software ! ! Committing GitHub code 23
24. How people build software ! ! Committing GitHub code 24
25. How people build software ! ! Committing GitHub code 25
26. How people build software ! ! Creating a GitHub pull request 26
27. How people build software ! ! Creating a GitHub pull request 27
28. How people build software ! ! Creating a GitHub pull request 28
29. How people build software ! ! Deploying a GitHub pull request 29
30. How people build software ! ! Deploying a GitHub pull request 30
31. How people build software ! ! Deploying a GitHub pull request 31
32. How people build software ! ! Deploying a GitHub pull request 32
33. How people build software ! ! Deploying a GitHub pull request 33
34. How people build software ! ! Deploying a GitHub pull request 34
35. How people build software ! ! Verifying a GitHub deployment 35
36. How people build software ! ! Verifying a GitHub deployment 36
37. How people build software ! ! Verifying a GitHub deployment 37
38. How people build software ! ! Verifying a GitHub deployment 38
39. How people build software ! ! Merging a GitHub pull request 39
40. How people build software ! ! Merging a GitHub pull request 40
41. How people build software ! ! Merging a GitHub pull request 41
42. How people build software ! ! How GitHub Builds Software 42 •macOS bootstrap •GitHub clone •GitHub bootstrap •Writing GitHub code •Committing GitHub code •Creating a GitHub pull request •Deploying a GitHub pull request •Verifying a GitHub deployment •Merging a GitHub pull request
43. How people build software ! ! How You Should Build Software 43 •OS/hardware bootstrap •Project(s) clone •Project(s) bootstrap •Writing project code •Committing project code locally •Creating a project pull request •Deploying to production without needing human intervention •Verifying a deployment without clicking around •Merging a pull request and moving on
44. How people build software ! ! How To Build Software Better 44 •Automation over manual commands •Scripting over copy-pasting from documentation •ChatOps over SSH and manually running commands •Automated testing over manual testing •Monitoring over clicking around
45. How people build software ! ! Mentioned Open Source Projects 45 •macOS bootstrap •https://github.com/MikeMcQuaid/strap •https://github.com/Homebrew/brew •https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-bundle •GitHub bootstrap •https://github.com/github/scripts-to-rule-them-all
46. How people build software ! " Questions?