Practical software engineering foundations · Lesson 60 of 60 · Concept lesson · Optional

Build and deployment

A build turns source code into something that can run, by compiling, bundling files and packaging them.

Deployment puts that build where users can reach it, such as on a server.

CI/CD automates the steps: continuous integration builds and tests every change, and continuous delivery ships the changes that pass.

Picture it

push --> build --> test --> deploy
          |        |
       fails?   fails?
       stop and tell you

A CI/CD pipeline. Every push is built and tested automatically, and a failure at any step stops the pipeline and tells the team.

Pick an answer for each question. You can retry as many times as you like.

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