What is CI and CD pipeline? what is the difference between CI and CD ? what are the best tools for CI/CD?
Some of the widely used CI/CD tools includes, but not limited to:
- CircleCI: CircleCI is a cloud-based CI/CD tool that supports a variety of languages and frameworks and is simple to set up. It also provides integrations with a wide range of other programs and services.
- Azure DevOps: Comprised of source control, build and release management, and project tracking, Azure DevOps provides a full set of CI/CD technologies. It supports a number of platforms and languages and interfaces with Microsoft’s cloud services.
- Bamboo: Bamboo is an Atlassian CI/CD solution that facilitates the development, testing, and deployment of apps. JIRA and other Atlassian products are integrated.
- TeamCity: A CI/CD solution from JetBrains, TeamCity enables the development and testing of applications. It supports a large number of platforms and languages and provides a wide range of integrations.
- Jenkins: Jenkins is an open-source automation server that helps developing, testing, and delivering software projects. It is one of the most popular CI/CD solutions.
- Travis CI: For testing and delivering software applications, Travis CI is a cloud-based CI/CD platform. GitHub and other code repositories are integrated.
- GitLab CI/CD: GitLab’s source code management and project management platform are integrated with this robust technology. It enables the development, testing, and deployment of programs in many environments.
CI/CD is a shortened term for continuous integration and continuous delivery & continuous deployment.
CI (Continuous Integration) is a tool that monitors our version control systems for changes. For instance, when a developer makes some coding and commit the changes, the CI tool automatically compiles and tests the application. And at the same time if the code is not compiled, the CI tool will automatically notify the developer to fix the issue.
CI can also enable us to automatically monitor code quality and code coverage metrics, for instance, using sonarqube plugin.
CD (Continuous Deployment) is the process of automatically deploying of successful build codes of an application into a production environment.