Continuous Integration and Testing: Streamlining QA Processes for Agile Development
Agile development is a modern software development approach that focuses on teamwork, quick progress, and always being ready for change. This way of building software helps teams work better and create high-quality digital products quickly. Key to this approach is continuous integration and testing , which are essential for maintaining software quality without compromising speed. Imagine developing software as a team, building code "blocks" instead of bricks. In the traditional approach, you might build large features (walls) before checking their functionality, potentially masking underlying issues until the late stages. Fixing these big issues later becomes time-consuming and expensive. Continuous integration, or CI,addresses this by frequently merging small code changes (blocks) into a central repository. Automated tools then run various tests on the merged code to identify errors early. Think of it as having automated quality checks after each block placemen