Preface

In the past few years, the agile model of software development has seen a considerable amount of growth around the world. There is massive demand for a software delivery solution that is fast and flexible to frequent amendments, especially in the e-commerce sector. As a result, the Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery methodologies are gaining popularity.

Whether small or big, all types of project gain benefits, such as early issue detection, avoiding lousy code into production, and faster delivery, which leads to an increase in productivity.

This book, Learning Continuous Integration with Jenkins Second Edition, serves as a step-by-step guide to setting up a Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Continuous Deployment system using hands-on examples. The book is 20% theory and 80% practical. It starts by explaining the concept of Continuous Integration and its significance in the Agile world, with a complete chapter dedicated to this. Users then learn to configure and set up Jenkins, followed by implementing Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery using Jenkins. There is also a small chapter on Continuous Deployment, which talks primarily about the difference between Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment.