It’s a important foundation for a modern software development process. Because it automates the software development process, from coding through deployment.
- Continuous Integration (CI): Developers frequently merge code changes into a shared repository. Each change is automatically built and tested, helping to catch bugs early and ensure code quality.
- Continuous Delivery/Deployment (CD): Automates the process of preparing code for release, so it can be deployed to production at any time, usually requiring a manual approval step.
Most common CI/CD used tools:
- GitHub Actions
- CircleCI
- GitLab
- Atlantis