Dev Server not being used

[#1]

Hi,

We have a set up where we have one dev server which is a SBE and a production server which is EE. But we don't seem to use the dev server at all.

We develop the applications locally in our machine and then deploy directly to the production server. Is there something we are missing badly before I question the utility of the dev server we have?

Thanks

Ram

[swuehl]

I think you are missing a development procedure or you are not following an existing one.

I believe someone has taken some initial effort creating a procedure involving at least a DEV and PROD environment, but this may has been some time ago and noone seems to care now.

Your organization may or may not need these different environments, that's up to your organization, but there are definitely some advantages having a separate DEV server and not directly deploying an app to PROD, for example to test the full load behaviour and interplay with other apps while not risking operation on PROD.

If you (i.e. your organization) decides to skip the DEV server environment, you can still use this server as a second PROD environment for a specialized or smaller audience.

[tresesco]

In addition to what Stefan has said, if your organization has a strict IT policy(or similar) that demands testing/UATing the application in the server environment before it goes to production environment, you would find the necessity of the DEV server. Apart from these, with DEV server around, you have a server for R&D; testing, playing for which you must not want to touch production environment.