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Build Tools & CI/CD Guide | Automation & Deployment

This guide explores how build tools and CI/CD practices can automate your software development workflow, from code compilation to seamless deployments.

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Automating Development and Deployment

Understanding Build Tools & CI/CD

Build tools automate compilation, testing, and bundling of code. CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment)

Continuous Delivery (automated deployment to staging) or Continuous De

production). CI ensures code works, CD ensures it's deployed.

What should be in a CI/CD pipeline?

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What is blue-green deployment?

Blue-green deployment maintains two identical production environments. One (blue) serves traffic while the

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What is deep learning?

Enables testing across multiple environments in parallel. Reduces time to test all combinations. Supported by

What is most CI/CD platforms?

most CI/CD platforms.

How do I handle database migrations in C?

How do I handle database migrations in CI/CD?

Run migrations as part of deployment pip?

Run migrations as part of deployment pipeline. Test migrations in staging first. Use migration tools (Flyway,

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