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kinds of software deployment that comprise Figure 1.1. We will get into the practical details in
the next few chapters. Here we focus on a general, wide perspective about software deploy-
ment.
1
In Figure 1.5 is a representation of the
Deployment Circuit
. It is the starting point of our jour-
ney into the software deployment world.
Software
Producer
Develop
End-User /
Distributer
Run
Publish
Install
Distribute
Software
Distributer
F
IGURE
1.5
The deployment circuit.
N
OTE
Modeling the deployment cycle is a complex issue, beyond the scope of this topic.
The model proposed herein has been designed to be the more general but useful
model for real-world Java developers. More extensive, detailed, and theoretically
comprehensive models for those who are interested can be found in the up-to-date
material available at my personal Web site.
In Figure 1.5, the journey of a set of resources bundled together as a software executable is
defined in the following five stages:
•
Development
—The software developer develops the software, planning its deployment
since the beginning.
•
Publication
—The software developer releases the software.
