Best Practices for Code/Web Application Deployment?

Question

I would love to hear ideas on how to best move code from development server to production server.

A list of gotcha\'s, don\'t do this list would be helpful.

Answer 1

We use a system called AnthillPro: http://www.anthillpro.com

It's commercial software, but it allows us to completely automate our deployment process across multiple servers and operating systems (We currently use it for both ColdFusion and Java, but it can be used for most languages. It has a ton of 3rd party integrations:

http://www.anthillpro.com/html/products/anthillpro/tool-integrations.html