Before the days of Continuous Integration (CI), the development process for web applications took long. They were coded, launched and then tested. As a result, new features weren’t being released as quickly. CI helps bring together the separate components the development team is working on into one place where developers can spend less time on debugging and more time on building new features. Find out if you need CI for your next web development project in this SlideShare. Get more on web development, design and strategy on our blog: http://blog.thelevel.com.

1. 5
Signs You Need
CONTINUOUS
INTEGRATION
How CI Revolutionized
the Web Development World
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2. A long, long time ago (well, not that long ago) when
web applications were developed, they were
coded, launched and then tested (in that order).

3. Testing was a tedious process since
developers would click around the application
to find bugs.

4. The man hours spent on this was long and
expensive. As a result, new features being
added to web applications took longer than it
needed to be.

5. And then, Continuous Integration came along.

6. Continuous Integration or CI is cohesive
approach to web application and software
development. It is the process where
developers deploy, integrate and test their
code many times a day to a shared
repository in smaller iterations as opposed
to big chunks.

7. So,
how do you know
if you need
Continuous Integration?

8. #1
There’s a team of developers working
on separate components of your web
application. And each developer is storing
his/her code on their own machines.

9. One of the core principles of CI is to
maintain a single
source repository.

10. Developers
commit their
code several
times a day
to the shared
repository
where it is
automatically tested.

11. This brings together the separate
components the development team is
working on in one place. By having the
build tested automatically, developers
can spend less time debugging and more
time focused on building new features.

12. Software bugs cost the US economy
$59.6 billion annually.
RTI International: The Economic Impacts of Inadequate Infrastructure for Software Testing

13. #2
You believe in
automation.

14. Builds can automatically be built with a
single line of code. This is a powerful
feature of CI which allows companies to
automatically deploy
applications.

15. Automated Deployment combined with
Build Automation allows companies to
save development time since developers
can deploy
much faster (in a matter of
seconds as opposed to minutes and hours!).

16. #3
Your development team is
spending a big chunk of
time debugging.

17. CI runs tests regularly instead of postdeployment or in the production
environment. Whenever code is
committed to the system, a build is
created. Developers are notified to check
the quality of their code if the test returns
with an error.

18. CI will help you
reduce your overhead costs
of development by finding bugs
during the development stage.

19. #4
Releases are
slower since
QA has to
wait for the
actual
deployment
to happen.

20. QA teams no longer have to wait until new
features are deployed.

21. CI is an excellent
quality control system
since testing is done
during the developmen
phases as well as
post-deployment.

22. #5
You want to gain
visibility
on your project.

23. CI helps companies
see trends and
manage code quality throughout
their development.

24. CI encourages your development team to
generate API-like documentation for all
the code committed by developers. It also
provides real-time information on the
code quality.

25. CI ensures higher code quality, quicker
releases and an overall better end product.

26. And so with CI, the web
development community rejoices!

27. Who are
we?
The Level specializes in developing
custom websites and web applications.
We build custom web experiences that
connect, engage and inspire for global
and soon-to-be global brands.
Get more on web development, design
and strategy on our blog HERE.

28. Do you want to
create b e t t e r
web applications?

29. Let’s
Connect
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30. Credits
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