1. Paul Stack @stack72 GOOD VCS PRACTICES HELP TO DELIVER SOFTWARE FASTER

2. ABOUT ME Work for OpenTable.com Member of Jetbrains Academy “Friend of Redgate” Dzone MVB DevOps Extremist

3. AGENDA Today we will be looking at: Feature Branching – troubles could lie ahead Branch by Abstraction Feature Toggles Real work users Branching can be successful

4. FEATURE BRANCHING

6. BENEFITS

7. DRAWBACKS

9. BRANCH BY ABSTRACTION Consumer Old Component

10. Consumer Old Component Interface

11. Consumer Old Component Interface New Component

12. Consumer New Component Interface

14. FEATURE SWITCHES / TOGGLES / FLIPPERS…..

16. DOES ANYONE ACTUALLY DO THIS?

20. git flow feature start login //add a login to your product git flow feature finish login More Info: https://github.com/nvie/gitflow

21. ANY QUESTIONS?

22. SUMMARY Potential Issues with feature branching Possible solution in Branch By abstraction How Feature Switching could extend this Real companies using this

23. THANKS! @stack72 scandev@paulstack.co.uk www.paulstack.co.uk