Future industry trends

It goes without saying that learning anything new comes with the expectation that the knowledge will remain relevant in the future. Looking forward, continuous integration and delivery are well positioned to persist as critical practices in the software landscape, while continuing to undergo evolutionary changes. We can identify three likely ways the software development life cycle will change in the coming years. Those trends are increased automation, increased abstraction, and reduced development cycle time. We can also expect that GitLab as a platform will continue to play an important role. The concepts, examples, and tools presented in the previous chapters will serve as a good foundation to be a more productive developer right now while providing the confidence needed to adapt as the industry inevitably shifts.

Automation will create more software at a larger scale

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