Modern software development architecture has almost completed its evolution towards being properly component-based: this can be seen by the mainstream embracing Self Contained Systems (SCS), microservices, and serverless. We all know the benefits this can bring, but there can be many challenges delivering applications built using these styles in a continuous, safe, and rapid fashion. 

This talk presents a series of patterns based on real-world experience, which will help architects identify and implement solutions for continuous delivery of contemporary architectures. Key topics and takeaways include:

• Core stages in the component delivery lifecycle: develop, test, deploy, operate and observe
• How contemporary architectures impact continuous delivery
• Modifying the build pipeline for testability and deployability of components (with a hat tip to Jez Humble and Dave Farley’s seminal work)
• Commonality between delivery of SCS, microservices and serverless components
• Continuous delivery, service contracts and end-to-end validation: The good, bad and ugly
• Lessons learned in the trenches