Component Deployment Steps

Deploying components to EAServer involves four steps:

1.
Deploying components from the PowerBuilder environment to a development server
2.
Distributing the components to the development group
3.
Moving the components from the development server to a quality assurance (Q/A) group for testing
4.
Moving the tested components from Q/A to a production server

In Figure 15.2, you can see the deployment and promotion of a component in a project environment. In this diagram, you can see that developer 2 deployed Component C to his own local EAServer. This component then is pushed out to others in the development group. This covers Steps 1 and 2.

Figure 15.2. Component flow through the development cycle.

NOTE

Steps 1 and 2 imply ...

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