Introducing CI/CD

Let's start the chapter with CI and CD pipelines. In this section, we will be focusing on understanding the foundational concepts for a properly set-up development and delivery pipeline.

In the previous chapters, we have set up various build definitions to create application binaries and packages that can be used as deployment artifacts. While preparing these artifacts, we implemented automated tests that can be included in automated build definitions. This process of automating the building and testing of code every time a team member introduces changes to version control is generally referred to as CI. CI, coupled with a mature version control system and a well-defined branching strategy, is the primary factor in encouraging developers to be bolder and more agile with their commits, contributing to a high release cadence.

On the other hand, CD is the (generally) automated process of building, testing, and configuring your application and...