Scaling your app's release process

We’ll discuss some strategies to iterate on your app release process, some software tools that can help you, and how to reorient your organization for a mobile-first world.

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1. June 2022 Scaling your app’s release process Neil Kimmett
2. Scaling your app’s release process Neil Kimmett June 2022
3. 3 @neilkimmett 👋 hello 🇬🇧 from Southampton 🗽 live in NYC 📱 Director of Eng @ ClassPass
4. 4 Write code Ship code
5. 5 Write code Ship code Vecteezy.com
16. 15 What it means to ship an app
17. 16 How ClassPass has evolved our process
18. 17 How you can design your process
19. 18 What it means to ship an app
20. 19 Deploying web code
21. 19 Deploying web code
22. 19 Deploying web code
23. 19 Deploying web code
24. 19 Deploying web code
25. 19 Deploying web code
26. 19 Deploying web code
27. 20 Deploying app code
28. 20 Deploying app code
29. 20 Deploying app code
30. 20 Deploying app code
31. 20 Deploying app code
32. 20 Deploying app code
35. 23 What can we do about it?
36. 24 Start small
37. 25 1.0.0
38. 26 1.0.0
39. 26 1.0.0 major
40. 26 1.0.0 major minor
41. 26 1.0.0 major minor patch
46. 28 Versioning strategy
47. 28 Versioning strategy
48. 28 Versioning strategy
49. 29 Branching strategy
50. 30 Branching strategy GitFlow
51. 31 Branching strategy Trunk
52. 32 Automate some stuff
53. 33 fastlane.tools
54. 34 Introduce process as you go
55. 35 Create a release checklist ✅
56. 36 Create a release checklist ✅
57. 37 Create a planning sheet 📄
58. 38 Create a planning sheet 📄
59. 39 Run regular retrospectives 🔄
60. 40 Run regular retrospectives 🔄 • Talk about your feelings • Discuss what’s working and what isn’t • Continuously improve your process • Check out retrospectivewiki.org for format ideas
61. 41 Release strategies 🚢
62. 42 Release strategies 🚢
63. 42 Release strategies 🚢 • Feature based releases ✨ • Keep developing features, release when ready
64. 42 Release strategies 🚢 • Release train 🚂 • Regular release cadence • If feature isn’t ready in time, it misses the train and catches the next one • Feature based releases ✨ • Keep developing features, release when ready
65. 43 Tools to join the big leagues 🛠💪
66. 44 Feature flags 🚩
67. 45 Feature flags 🚩
68. 46 Feature flags 🚩
69. 47 Server driven UI ☁
70. 48 Server driven UI
71. 49 ClassPass cancel flow
72. 50 Build an internal tool 🛠
73. 51 Build an internal tool
74. 52 Build an internal tool
75. 53 Buy a tool 💸
76. 54 Buy a tool runway.team
77. 55 Buy a tool runway.team
78. 56 Buy a tool runway.team
79. 57 Start small Introduce process as you go Add tooling where needed