Kas saaksite selgitada integratsiooni ja juurutamise protsesside põhimõtteid ning eesmärke tarkvaraarenduses pideva tarnimise kontekstis?

Continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) are processes that automate the building, testing, and delivery of software.

• Continuous Integration (CI) is the practice of frequently merging code changes into a shared repository, after which automated builds and tests are triggered. This helps to quickly identify errors and maintain code quality.

• Continuous Delivery (CD) automates the process of delivering the application to various environments (testing, staging, production). This allows for faster release of new versions and reduces the risk of errors during manual deployment.

Example: with each commit to the repository, a pipeline is triggered that builds the application, runs tests, and automatically deploys a new version to the test server.

In this way, CI/CD accelerates the development cycle, improves the quality, and reliability of the released software.