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Insights on Learning CI/CD Tools and Implementing Best Practices

— Bibin Wilson

Insights on Learning CI/CD Tools and Implementing Best Practices

For DevOps engineers, learning CI/CD tools has become easier than ever, thanks to out-of-the-box documentation, ChatGPT, free YouTube tutorials, and blogs.

But to truly enhance your learning experience, it’s important to implement best practices and industry-standard workflows during the learning process.

About CI/CD Tools

There are many CI/CD tools available.

If you refer to my DevOps tools list, you will find more than 15 tools, and there are even more out there. However, the core CI/CD principles and workflows remain consistent across tools. While each tool might have its syntax and configurations for creating pipelines, the pattern is similar:

  • You declare your workflow in Git.
  • The tool runs the workflow (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, etc.).

If you learn one tool properly, transitioning to another is relatively straightforward.

This blog isn’t a tutorial on specific tools but focuses on the best practices and workflows you can follow while learning and implementing pipelines.