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In today’s rapidly evolving world of software development, Continuous Integration (CI) has become a crucial part of the DevOps lifecycle. CI is designed to streamline development processes, minimize errors, and ensure that code is always in a deployable state. It is a methodology that aims to enhance team collaboration, enable fast feedback, and create more reliable and quality software deployments. Let’s dive deeper into what Continuous Integration is, how it works, and how it benefits development teams.
What is Continuous Integration (CI)?
Continuous Integration is a development practice where developers frequently integrate code into a shared repository multiple times a day. The purpose is to prevent problems that arise from long development cycles, when code might be developed in silos and combined late in the process, often leading to compatibility and deployment issues. CI ensures that each time code is committed to the repository, it is verified, compiled, and automatically tested for errors, which provides immediate feedback to developers.
