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DevOps with Windows Server 2016

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DevOps with Windows Server 2016

Overview of this book

Delivering applications swiftly is one of the major challenges faced in fast-paced business environments. Windows Server 2016 DevOps is the solution to these challenges as it helps organizations to respond faster in order to handle the competitive pressures by replacing error-prone manual tasks using automation. This book is a practical description and implementation of DevOps principles and practices using the features provided by Windows Server 2016 and VSTS vNext. It jumps straight into explaining the relevant tools and technologies needed to implement DevOps principles and practices. It implements all major DevOps practices and principles and takes readers through it from envisioning a project up to operations and further. It uses the latest and upcoming concepts and technologies from Microsoft and open source such as Docker, Windows Container, Nano Server, DSC, Pester, and VSTS vNext. By the end of this book, you will be well aware of the DevOps principles and practices and will have implemented all these principles practically for a sample application using the latest technologies on the Microsoft platform. You will be ready to start implementing DevOps within your project/engagement.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
DevOps with Windows Server 2016
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
Acknowledgments
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Experiencing the application


Online Pharmacy is a simple data-based application built for fictional pharmacy shops with three user stories:

  • Create, edit, delete, view history, and the details of drugs
  • Add, edit, delete, and view history, and the details of drugs inventory
  • Add, edit, delete, and view history, and the details of drug sales

The home page of sample application is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1: Online pharmacy home page

There are three important links at the left-hand side navigation pane. The Drug Master button leads to the drug management landing page, which by default lists all drugs. Specific drug information can be managed by editing, deleting, and creating new medicines from here. This is shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2: A sample application drug management page

After a drug is on boarded, its inventory can be added and managed using the Drug Inventory button on the left navigation pane. Each inventory item can be individually edited, deleted, and details can be viewed from here...