This chapter introduced a sample web-based application, OnlinePharmacy. We need an application on which DevOps practices and principles can be applied and implemented. You as a reader will be working on a real application and need to understand the way DevOps can be applied to a sample application. This chapter talked about the concepts, components, and steps that were used to create an ASP.NET MVC web application that were also used to create the sample application. You are encouraged to refer to source code accompanying this chapter to understand the application and at the same time can create their own application in order to implement DevOps practices.
The next chapter will introduce a source code control mechanism for this sample application and show how it can be used to maintain source code for teams with multiple members across regions.