DevOps

A blend of "development" and "operations," DevOps is the collection of practices, tools, and habits that let a team work on shared code and get it onto servers without drama. It covers how work moves from a developer's machine through testing and into a hosting environment.

The goal is predictability, building a process that leads to fewer surprises at deployment, faster fixes, and a clear, automated path toward pushing changes live. When people talk about DevOps, they usually mean both the technical plumbing and the culture of cooperation behind it.