I put together a catalog of the key tools we are using:
Development Environment |
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| Mac | ||
| TextEdit | ||
| RVM | Managing multiple applications, multiple versions of Ruby and gemsets. | |
| SmartGit | GUI client for git. | |
| Sequel Pro | GUI client for MySQL. | |
| Transmit | GUI client for Amazon S3. | |
| Lighthouseapp | Issue tracking. | |
| github | Source code repository. | |
| git-flow | Source code branch management. | Jeff Kreeftmeijer wrote a nice overview: Why aren’t you using git-flow? |
QATools |
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| spec, capybara, selenium-webdriver, factory_girl | Unit and integration testing. | |
| tddium | Continuous testing. | You can find more details at Continuous Integration in the Cloud. |
| Sauce Labs | Cross-browser testing. | |
| litmus | Email testing. | |
| httperf | Load/stress testing. | |
Production Environment |
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| RightScale / Amazon EC2 | Servers | An overview of the environment is available at Managing Uptime on Amazon EC2. |
| Amazon CloudFront | CDN | |
| Custom built RightScale RightScripts | Software release process. | You can find out more at Deploying Ruby applications in the cloud. |
| delayed_job, cron | Job management. | More details are available at Running distributed cron jobs in the cloud. |
| RightScale | Server monitoring. | |
| New Relic | Application and availability monitoring. | |
| Airbrake | Exception management. | |
| PagerDuty | Alert management. | |
| SendGrid | Email delivery. |
What tools are you using?
Robert Tekiela
