What is CI/CD and why is it important?
CI/CD automates testing to validate code changes and detect issues early in the development life cycle. Automated tests, such as unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests, provide rapid feedback on the quality and functionality of your data pipelines. This skill set is usually handled by the development and operations teams (DevOps); however, if you’re working as a data engineer on your own or part of a small company, you might have to wear the “DevOps hat” from time to time.
As a quick overview, CI/CD promotes faster development cycles, higher software quality, efficient collaboration, and a smoother deployment process, ultimately enabling organizations to deliver reliable software products more rapidly and with reduced risk. A CI/CD process can be visualized as a pipeline with each action the code deployment goes through forming an integral part of the whole. It establishes a resilient ETL process through four...
