From the course: AWS for DevOps: Continuous Delivery and Process Automation

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Continuous delivery defined

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- [Narrator] So, let's start with some definitions. Is continuous integration the same thing as continuous delivery? No, it actually isn't. CI, or continuous integration, is building your code and running all tests on every code commit. And, the tests need to pass or the code commit will roll back to a previous passing commit. Continuous delivery is continuous integration plus having the ability to deploy your updated, built, and tested code into a production environment in a fully automated fashion. So, CI is part of the process in the way to building CD pipelines. And in fact, in many of the whitepapers, including those put out by Amazon, they advocate first building up CI and then adding to it for CD. And, this is what I've seen in the real world as well. There are many benefits of continuous deployment. These include automating software release process and being able to deliver updates and new features and fixes faster to your customers, so you're delivering value, working…

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