DevOps Starter Guide: CI/CD Pipeline Basics

This test post introduces CI/CD fundamentals for small teams.

What is CI/CD?

Continuous Integration (CI) means developers merge code frequently and validate it automatically. Continuous Delivery/Deployment (CD) automates release flow so changes ship safely and quickly.

First Pipeline Checklist

• Run linting and unit tests on each pull request.
• Build an artifact once and reuse it across environments.
• Deploy to staging automatically after tests pass.
• Gate production deploys with approvals and smoke tests.

Use this as a baseline article for your future DevOps content hub.