Choosing your CI/CD tools

With a solid understanding of CI/CD, the next step is to explore the tools that make these practices possible. CI/CD tools are software applications that automate the integration and deployment processes in your development workflow. These tools help ensure that your code is always in a deployable state, with changes automatically tested and deployed to production environments. By using these tools, you can reduce manual errors, improve collaboration, and increase the overall efficiency of your development team.

In this section, we’ll introduce you to some of the most popular CI/CD tools that can be integrated into your NestJS projects. While this book isn’t focused on in-depth DevOps training, knowing the right tools will help you automate and streamline your deployment process, leaving more time for actual development.

But before we introduce you to the popular CI/CD tools, let’s give you some pointers that can help inform your...