Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD): A Practical Guide to Designing and Developing Pipelines

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H. van MerodeContinuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD)https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9228-0_1

1. The Pitfalls of CI/CD

Henry van Merode¹  

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Leeuwarden, The Netherlands

 

This chapter covers the following:

• The drivers that started my search for a more structured way to design and develop pipelines

• The challenges I faced during the years I worked with continuous integration, continuous delivery, and pipeline development

Challenges

At work, I once gave a presentation about continuous integration/continuous delivery and described how it improves the speed of software delivery. I explained that using pipelines to automate the software delivery process ...