I learned the software development life cycle over 1001 days of code from June 2020 to March 2023. The five step workflow is a Github Actions pipeline for building secure, sustainable code and deploying it reliably.
- Document requirements and security controls before writing code.
- Develop with unit tests and lint coverage that prove the logic works.
- Demo each feature in a real environment.
- Detect regressions before production.
- Deploy only after every check passes.
The methodology focuses on what matters after the prototype works: secure data, reliable logic, real validation, and clean releases.