DevOps is, by definition, a field that spans several disciplines. It is a field that is very practical and hands-on, but, at the same time, you must understand both the technical background and the non-technical cultural aspects. This book covers both the practical and soft skills required for a best-of-breed DevOps implementation in your organization.
The word DevOps is a combination of the words development and operation. This wordplay already serves to give us a hint of the basic nature of the idea behind DevOps. It is a practice where the collaboration between different disciplines of software development is encouraged.
The origin of the word DevOps and the early days of the DevOps movement can be tracked rather precisely. ...
