Developers are always under pressure to produce more and release software faster, which encourages the adoption of new concepts and tools. But confusing buzzwords obfuscate real technology and business benefits, particularly when a vendor has something to sell. That makes it hard to determine what works best—for real, not just as a marketing phrase—in the continuous flow of build and deliver processes. This article gives you the basics of continuous delivery to help you sort it all out.
To start with, the terms apply to different parts of the same production arc, each of which are automated to different degrees:
- Continuous integration means frequently merging code into a central repository. “Frequently” means usually several times a day. Each merge triggers an automated “build and test” instance, a process sometimes called continuous build. But by either name, continuous integration and continuous build do nothing in terms of delivery or deployment. They’re about code management, not what happens to the code afterward.
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