Julie Ng

Articles tagged "azure"

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ARM Templates vs Terraform vs Pulumi - Infrastructure as Code in 2021

A few years ago Pulumi introduced code-native programming language for Infrastructure as Code (IaC), bringing it closer to the developer and their existing skillset. Fast-forward to 2021 and Microsoft and HashiCorp are playing catch-up to Pulumi and to each other. To help you choose IaC technology, let's look at IaC programming languages for short-term developer happiness and code re-use for long-term productivity.

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Terraform on Azure Pipelines Best Practices

Azure Pipelines and Terraform make it easy to get started deploying infrastructure from templates. But how do you go from sample code to real life implementation, integrating git workflows with deployments and scaling across across multiple teams? Here are 5 Best Practices to get you started on the right foot.

Note: these commits were pushed separately to generate distinct "Last run"s.
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Creating Monorepo Pipelines in Azure DevOps

Some software projects will use a monorepo for multiple components, especially projects migrating to the cloud. Let's create multiple Azure DevOps pipelines for a single git repository. But this is not without disadvantages.