Keeping complex, long-term projects healthy

All systems tend to become more chaotic over time. You might know that from your fridge, your purse, or your kids' room if you have kids. But it also applies to software systems and projects: they only get worse over time, unless we actively work to improve their quality.

This talk will help you do this: You will get an overview of tools, techniques and tips, many coming from a big, successful 4+-years project. Discover how to

• get new developers productive in less than an hour,
• test-drive new features in production, and
• automatically bring new content and configuration from local to stage and production environments.

You will also see how you can keep code quality high and your code understandable while doing all this.