Summary
In this chapter, we continued our discovery of the Continuous Delivery Pipeline by looking at CI, the part that implements the features created in Continuous Exploration. Features are divided into more digestible stories. Development of not only the product but also the tests to verify the product begins. Security and designing for operation concerns are included in the development.
The build phase introduces automation into the pipeline. When a commit to version control occurs, unit tests are run to ensure continued, correct functionality. The build is also scanned for coding errors and to find security vulnerabilities. If everything is correct, the commit will be allowed to merge with the main branch, or trunk, of the version control repository.
A successful build can trigger further testing in a testing environment that may be similar to the production environment. Here, system-level, end-to-end testing happens to guard against any production failures. The testing...
