Continuous integration

- Continuous integration…is the practice of regularly pushing code…to a shared repository.…The idea behind regular integration,…regular, being a measure established by a team,…is to run quality checks on smaller batches of code.…By integrating these smaller bits,…the result is more feedback sooner.…With this feedback, a tester is better able to identify…and test the issues that are found,…knowing they're coming from the last small integration.…This process minimizes the testing scope…to the most recently implemented code.…

Instead of waiting days or even weeks to run quality checks,…they are done at each step…instead of at the end of a feature or epic.…This shifts the process of quality from testing by…finding a needle in a haystack…to testing by identifying the elephants in the room.…The hope is as a team continues to size…and implement these smaller iterations,…they will receive status updates more often.…However, this process is not for the faint of heart.…When a team commits to a continuous integration schedule,…