Continuous integration—creating a build definition

In this recipe, we will learn how to configure continuous integration by creating a build definition. A build definition is a set of tasks that are required to configure an automated build of software. In this recipe, we will perform the following:

1. Create the build definition template.
2. Provide all the inputs required for each of the steps to create the build definition.

Getting ready

Perform the following prerequisites:

1. Create an Azure DevOps account.
2. Create a project by choosing Git, as shown in Figure 12.2:
   

Figure 12.2: Creating a private Azure DevOps project with Git version control

How to do it…

In order to create the build definition, we'll have to perform the following steps:

1. Navigate to the Pipelines tab in the Azure DevOps account, click on Pipelines, and choose Create Pipeline to start the process of creating a new build definition, as shown in Figure...