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DevOps 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Continuous Integration and Deployment
In today’s fast-paced software development world, agility is everything. Organizations need to continuously release new features, bug fixes, and updates while maintaining high-quality standards. This is where Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) come in — two vital components of the DevOps lifecycle that are reshaping how development and operations teams work together.
What is Continuous Integration (CI)?
Continuous Integration (CI) is a development practice that aims to improve software quality by automating the process of integrating code changes into a shared codebase. In traditional development processes, developers would work in isolation for days or weeks, only to merge their changes at the end of the sprint. This often leads to integration problems, conflicts, and bugs.
With CI, the goal is to merge code as frequently as possible, ideally multiple times a day. Each integration is verified by an automated build and test process, which ensures that new changes don’t break the codebase. This early feedback loop allows teams to detect and fix issues…
