Modern application development has moved toward distributed, cloud-based, and even microservices-based applications, requiring scalability, reliability, and performance under different conditions. Therefore, deployment has become a part of application development, not merely a final activity.
Intelligent deployment patterns and practices are all about building applications that are not just easy to deploy, but also reliable, scalable, and efficient in production. This means moving away from traditional, manual deployment patterns and toward automated, container-based deployment practices.