The Evolution of Continuous Integration – Continuous Delivery

Authors: Swetha Sistla

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14261017

Short DOI: https://doi.org/g8s4zf

Country: USA

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Abstract: CI/CD has been instrumental in changing the way developers used to work with software; this evolution allowed the delivery of code changes faster and in a more reliable way. In this whitepaper, take a look at how Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery work within a historical context, their present state, and trends for the future, as well as how the integration of both disciplines has shaped modern DevOps environments. What began as a series of separate practices for integrating the code and deploying it, respectively, grew into one discipline whereby all those aspects got automated towards software delivery. Automating the most critical software lifecycle stages-from integrating the code and testing to deploying and monitoring-software delivery, the CI/CD pipelines attain collaboration, increase development velocity, and reduce release risk.
In fact, with organizations moving to highly complex architectures such as microservices and cloud-native infrastructure, the practices for CI/CD had to evolve pretty fast. Recent developments such as IaC, AI-driven insights, and shift-left testing are reconsidering CI/CD for the diverse technology stacks of today and rapid release demands. Newer trends such as serverless computing, observability, and GitOps go further in helping teams make their pipelines resilient and scalable.
Modern CI/CD has also become all about security and compliance; hence, DevSecOps-a lifts of security and compliance checks into the CI/CD workflows. The paper goes way further to discuss how the future of CI/CD will be with changes continuous machine learning and edge computing are promising to bring. By discovering the most recent best practices and technologies, this paper offers insights for teams in order to build robust, secure, and efficient CI/CD processes-which is the key to success in today's fast-paced digital environment.

Keywords: Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), DevOps, Automation, DevSecOps, GitOps, Microservices, Shift-Left Testing, CI/CD Pipelines, Software Deployment, Security Compliance

Paper Id: 231711

Published On: 2021-07-06

Published In: Volume 9, Issue 4, July-August 2021

Cite This: The Evolution of Continuous Integration – Continuous Delivery - Swetha Sistla - IJIRMPS Volume 9, Issue 4, July-August 2021. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.14261017

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