DevOps for Full-Stack Developers: CI/CD Explained

## What is DevOps? DevOps is the bridge between Development and Operations. It’s a culture and a set of practices aimed at shortening the systems development life cycle and providing continuous delivery with high software quality. ### Continuous Integration (CI) Every time you push code to GitHub, an automated process should run. - It installs dependencies. - It runs your tests. - It checks your code for linting errors. If any of these fail, the code cannot be merged. ### Continuous Deployment (CD) Once the CI passes, the CD takes over. It automatically builds a Docker image and pushes it to your server or cloud provider. ### Why You Need This In 2026, manual deployment (like dragging files via FTP) is obsolete. CI/CD reduces human error and allows you to release features faster and more reliably. ### Conclusion Mastering DevOps makes you an invaluable asset to any tech team. It shows you understand the full lifecycle of a product, not just the code.