Turn your projects from a weekend hack to a long-living creation! Loosely drawing from the
field known in large software companies as Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) this book
distills from these disciplines and addresses issues that matter to makers: keeping projects up
and running and providing means to control monitor and troubleshoot them. Most examples use
the Raspberry Pi but the techniques discussed apply to other platforms as well. This book is
all about breadth and in the spirit of making it visits different technologies as needed.
However the big goal in this book is to create a shift in the reader's mindset where weekend
hacks are pushed to the next level and are treated as products to be deployed. In that regard
this book can be a stepping stone for hobbyist makers into developing a broader professional
skill set. First the book describes techniques for creating web-browser based dashboards for
projects. These allow project creators to monitor control and troubleshoot their projects in
real-time. Project Reliability Engineering discusses various aspects of the process of creating
a web dashboard such as network communication protocols multithreading and web design and
data visualization. Later chapters cover configuration of the project and the machine it's
running on and additional techniques for project monitoring and diagnosis. These include good
logging practices automatic log and metrics monitoring and alerting via email and text
messages A mixture of advanced concepts forms the last chapter of the book touching on topics
such as usage of microservices in complex projects debugging techniques for object-oriented
projects and fail-safing the project's software and hardware. What You'll Learn Monitor and
control projects keep them up and running and troubleshoot them efficiently Get acquainted
with available tools and libraries and learn how to make your own tools Expand your knowledge
in Python JavaScript and Linux Develop deeper understanding of web technologies Design robust
and complex systems Who This Book Is For Members of the maker community with some development
skills.
