How to get started with CI/CD
Summary
Having consistency in the integration process enables development teams to implement code changes more often, and this leads to enhanced collaboration and software quality. CI and CD together (CI/CD) encompass a culture, a set of operating principles, and a collection of practices that accelerate the software development process. “If building, testing, and deploying new features becomes trivial, then [an] organization’s ability to respond to change is improved tremendously,” says Komoroske, who oversees StackRox’s CI/CD pipeline. “And should be combined with other quality practices like using static analysis tools, ensuring that peer reviews occur through pull requests, and the use of continuous integration pipelines,” Kenefick says. “Devops is built on the premise of continuous learning and improving, which is overlooked by most organizations early in the adoption of CI/CD,” says Farid Roshan, head of engineering at collaboration software provider Altimetrik.