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GitLab’s approach to version control systems is quite different than, for example, GitHub. GitLab focuses on providing a comprehensive platform that is to help us in programming but also in planning and managing it. GitLab currently puts a lot of emphasis on the CI\/CD approach<\/strong>, but what does it really mean? In short, you could say that this is a continuous software development method, but it would not be entirely accurate. To completely understand this approach to creating projects, we need to dig into the CI\/CD acronym.<\/p>\n\n\n\n GitLab perfectly understands that the code of a given product is often changed several dozen times a day. For this reason, GitLab provides us with tools that allow us to automate<\/strong>, and thus, for example, with each push to the repository, execute scripts that will build and test our application. It is a methodology known since the nineties that enables multiple changes in the code with the behavior of tests and compilations of the application. According to this approach, the project should be built and tested after each commit. This not only speeds up the work on a given project but also allows you to quickly diagnose problems such as the extended build or deployment time of the application itself or errors resulting from faulty code changes. The truth is that most programmers prefer to program rather than test code again and again, and the mere possibility of automating the tests for an application or a given module is a much-liked feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Setting CI\/CD pipeline? Then don’t forget about backup. Secure your code with the first professional GitLab backup<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n GitLab, along with the Continuous Integration methodology, implemented tools that allow us to carry out automatic deployment along with publication. However, not every team wants a given application to be automatically deployed and published, which is why GitLab allows you to choose the method of publication here: Thanks to the use of CI\/CD, we can accelerate and fully control the project and its changes. Automatic tests and deployment are features that every team will appreciate. We all knew that deploying without tests means FIRE. <\/strong>Of course, we must not forget that we can always roll back, and using this approach does not force us to publish automatically. In short, we get a tool that will allow us to perform continuous integration.<\/p>\n\n\n GitLab enables CI\/CD functionality by default with each new project<\/strong>, but it should be mentioned here that we are not forced to use these features. I believe that the possibility of choice is very welcome nowadays and the possibility of turning off the CI \/ CD for a given project<\/a>, or also for all new ones<\/a>. However, once we decide that our project should be implemented in the continuous integration way, we only need to know if our project will be migrated from another CI\/CD tool (Migrating <\/a>f<\/a>rom CircleCI <\/a>or Migrating from Jenkins<\/a>), which is also an interesting issue, or maybe we are transforming our current project. There are a few prerequisites that we should meet before using GitLab CI\/CD: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Of course, we can use variables and even entire scripts that run containers in the background. In the example above, we used $GITLAB_USER_LOGIN and $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH, which are so-called predefined variables<\/a>. We can also use ready-made templates here<\/a>. More on variables, pipelines, and templates in the next post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n GitLab CI\/CD is an excellent collection of tools for our projects’ production, management, and continuous improvement. Automating tests and deployment of the project itself are the main advantages, but it should not be forgotten that there are other benefits associated with it. One of them is undoubtedly a large number of ready-made templates that we can use to accelerate the production of applications significantly. However, GitLab will not protect us from unforeseen events; this is what we can expect mainly from a good GitLab backup<\/a>. We will be able to provide this crucial way to secure your data with GitProtect. Then, and only then you can truly focus on content management systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\nContinuous Integration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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build-job:\n stage: build\n script:\necho \u201cHi, $GITLAB_USER_LOGIN\u201d\n\n test-job:\n stage: test\n script:\necho \u201cXopero and even log4j isn\u2019t so scary!\u201d\n\n deploy-prod:\n stage: deploy\n script:\necho \u201c$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH - deploy from branch\u201d\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nSummarizing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n