Implementing CI

In this section, we are going to implement CI for our Q&A app using a build pipeline in Azure DevOps. We will start by creating a build pipeline from a template and add extra steps to build all the artifacts of the Q&A app. We'll also observe the build trigger when code is pushed to our source code repository.

Creating a build pipeline

Let's carry out the following steps to create a build pipeline from a template:

1. Click on Pipelines in the left-hand navigation menu and then click on Create pipeline.
2. We will be asked to specify where our code repository is hosted, as illustrated in the following screenshot:

   Figure 15.3 – Selecting the code repository host for the new build pipeline

3. Click on the appropriate option. Azure DevOps will go through an authorization process to allow Azure DevOps to access our repositories.
4. Then, we will be prompted to choose a specific repository for...