Continuous Integration Flashcards
1
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What is Continuous Integration?
A
Merging changes often, compile and test automatically. Each time a new version is committed.
2
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What is Continuous Delivery?
A
A step beyond CI. It also automatically installs/deploys the software. That is, the software is always ready to be released to production at any time.
3
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What is DevOps?
A
Combines Development with IT operations, i.e. running and administering software on a system.
4
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What checks does CI do?
A
Does the code compile at all.
Does the code pass static analysis.
Does the code still pass tests (unit/integration/system).
Calculate metrics, e.g. how good are the tests. E.g. test coverage.
5
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What is a CI/CD Pipeline?
A
A group of jobs executed in stages: build, test, deploy.
