CI

• On-Demand run a script or press a button
• Scheduled at certain times → nightly builds
• Triggered on certain events → commit/push to VCS

Types of Automation

• Build Automation Thinks like building, packaging or creating documenation
• Test Automation Automated execution of unit-, integration- and acceptance-test
• Deployment Automation Automatically deploy to production or testing
• Operation Automation Automatically provision infrastructure, monitoring, ...

Automation has a lot of benefits like:

• developers can't reliable built software locally
• unit testing consistent
• transparent deployment
• documentation from Jenkinsfile or similar
• manual work is error-prone
• ...

Best Practices

• Maintain a single source repository
• Automate the build
• Make your build self-testing
• Every commit should build on an integration machine
• Keep the build fast
• Test in a clone of the production environment
• Make it easy for anyone to get the latest executable
• Everyone can see what’s happening
• Automate deployment