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Development Workflow

The development workflow defines how changes are introduced into the PrintPrice platform safely and consistently.

Its purpose is to reduce regressions while supporting continuous improvement.

Core Principles​

The workflow should prioritize:

  • clarity of change scope
  • reproducible testing
  • safe deployment
  • reviewability
  • rollback readiness

This is especially important for a platform with operational and financial impact.

Typical Workflow Stages​

A standard workflow may include:

  1. identify the problem or opportunity
  2. define the intended change
  3. implement in a scoped branch or working copy
  4. validate locally
  5. review the change
  6. build and test
  7. deploy carefully
  8. observe production behavior

This sequence improves release confidence.

Change Categories​

Not all changes have the same risk profile.

Typical categories include:

  • content or documentation updates
  • UI changes
  • pricing logic changes
  • preflight rule changes
  • compatibility or routing changes
  • infrastructure changes

Higher-risk categories should receive stronger validation.

Validation Expectations​

Before deployment, teams should validate:

  • build success
  • syntax and type integrity
  • route correctness
  • content rendering
  • schema stability
  • key functional flows

Where possible, validation should be automated.

Deployment Discipline​

Deployments should follow a repeatable procedure.

Useful practices include:

  • explicit build steps
  • consistent publish steps
  • environment-aware secrets
  • post-deploy checks
  • rollback awareness

This reduces operational ambiguity.

Observability After Release​

A release is not complete once deployment finishes.

The workflow should include post-release observation of:

  • logs
  • errors
  • queue behavior
  • integration health
  • user-facing regressions

This closes the loop between code change and production reality.

Documentation as Part of Workflow​

Important platform changes should update documentation when relevant.

This is especially true for:

  • APIs
  • routing logic
  • infrastructure
  • compatibility rules
  • operational procedures

Long-Term Goal​

The long-term goal is a workflow that allows PrintPrice to evolve quickly without sacrificing reliability, trust, or explainability.