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DevOps and SDLC

DevOps and SDLC

DevOps blends development and operations into one continuous workflow instead of treating them as separate teams handing work back and forth. It focuses on automation, collaboration, and faster, more reliable software releases. Within the SDLC, DevOps speeds up the coding, testing, and deployment phases significantly.

How DevOps Fits into the SDLC

DevOps is not a separate phase tacked onto the SDLC, it is more of a culture shift that blends development and operations together so software gets built, tested, and released faster. A DevOps pipeline is a combination of automation, tools, and practices across the SDLC to facilitate the development and deployment of software into the hands of end users.

Instead of developers handing off finished code to a separate operations team, both groups work together from planning through deployment and beyond, sharing responsibility for whether a release actually succeeds.

CI/CD Pipelines Explained

CI/CD stands for Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery, and it is the automation engine behind most DevOps workflows. CI handles code integration, building, and testing; CD automates deployment to production. Together, they form a unified pipeline that accelerates software delivery without sacrificing quality.

Every time a developer pushes new code, the pipeline automatically builds it, runs tests against it, and if everything passes, moves it closer to going live, all without someone manually repeating those steps every single time. 

DevOps Tools You Should Know

CI (Continuous Integration) Tools

A few tools come up again and again in DevOps workflows. Some of the most popular CI tools include:

  • Codefresh
  • Bitbucket Pipelines
  • Jenkins
  • CircleCI
  • Bamboo
  • GitLab CI

These tools help automate the process of building, testing, and integrating code changes.

Containerization and Orchestration Tools

Beyond CI/CD, modern DevOps workflows also rely on tools such as:

  • Docker for creating and running containers.
  • Kubernetes for managing and orchestrating containers across multiple servers.

These tools help applications run consistently and scale efficiently.