## Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) Set up a continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipeline that automatically builds, tests, and deploys the application to different environments whenever changes are made to the codebase. Monitor the application for bugs, errors, and performance issues, and maintain it by applying updates, patches, and security fixes as needed. Use tools like Jenkins or GitLab CI/CD to automatically build and test code whenever it's committed to the repository. Once the tests pass, the code can be automatically deployed to a staging or production environment. CI/CD is critical to delivering reliable, scalable, easy-to-maintain software: - [[Continuous Integration (CI)]] - [[Continuous Deployment (CD)]] **Examples:** Use tools like [[Jenkins]] or [[GitLab CI-CD]] to automatically build and test code whenever it's committed to the repository. Both tools can be used to automate the steps in a software delivery lifecycle, from code check-in to production deployment, and they both support a variety of plugins or extensions. The choice between the two would depend on your specific requirements. If you're already using GitLab as your version control system, then using GitLab CI/CD would make sense, as it provides tight integration with GitLab's source control. On the other hand, if you're using a different version control system or have more complex pipeline needs, Jenkins might be a better fit due to its flexibility and large plugin ecosystem.