CI/CD Pipeline Setup for Development Teams

CI/CD automates test and deploy. Push code, run tests, deploy to staging or prod. Reduces errors, speeds releases. Here's how to set it up.

Table of Contents

• Continuous Integration
• Continuous Deployment
• Tools
• Best Practices
• Frequently Asked Questions

Continuous Integration

On every PR: lint, test, build. Catch issues before merge. Block merge if tests fail.

Continuous Deployment

On merge to main: deploy to staging. Manual or auto to prod. Rollback on failure.

Tools

GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Jenkins. GitHub Actions: free for public, integrated. Vercel/Railway: auto-deploy on push.

Best Practices

• Fast feedback — keep CI under 10 min
• Parallelize tests
• Deploy to staging before prod
• Rollback plan

Frequently Asked Questions