Modern CI/CD Pipelines: Best Practices for 2024

Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines are the backbone of modern software development. They enable teams to ship code faster, with higher quality, and with greater confidence. In this guide, we'll explore best practices for building CI/CD pipelines in 2024.

Pipeline Architecture

A well-designed CI/CD pipeline should be fast, reliable, and provide clear feedback. The typical pipeline includes stages for linting, testing, building, and deployment. Each stage should be independent and capable of running in parallel where possible.

1name: CI/CD Pipeline
2
3on:
4  push:
5    branches: [main, develop]
6  pull_request:
7    branches: [main]
8
9jobs:
10  test:
11    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
12    steps:
13      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
14      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
15        with:
16          node-version: '18'
17      - run: npm ci
18      - run: npm run lint
19      - run: npm test
20      - run: npm run build