Dear Giant Brains, I'm a sole trader looking to build a dev business over the next few years. Currently I have a mix of contract / freelance work and have positioned myself pretty well in my chosen niche over the last 12 months (well, I'm certainly busy enough anyway....).
Companies I contract to usually have their own source control / deployment solutions (I've used CVS, SVN and GIT) which usually go something like this: checkout code from internal SC server (usually GIT or SVN) check in code deploy to dev / staging server (automated or manual depending upon company) promote to live server (again automated or manual depending upon company / environment) Given how cheap cloud server space is, (and my lack of desire to be running my own local dev server) what are some recommendations for a sole trader / small company who wants to a) host repositories on a remote server b) script / automate code-level deployment to either a staging and live environment or (for smaller projects) from a repository to a live environment Is something like beanstalk (http://www.beanstalkapp.com/ ) a good idea, or can I roll my own (I have rudimentary ssh / shell scripting skills) for less cost and with more options? Regards, Paul Bennett MoveForward - Web Development for Design Companies http://www.moveforward.co.nz 06 308 9722 027 255 8495 @moveforwardconz -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
