Implementing CI

In this section, we are going to implement CI for our Q&A app using a build pipeline in Azure DevOps. We will start by creating a build pipeline from a template and add extra steps to build all the artifacts of the Q&A app. We'll also observe the build trigger when code is pushed to our source code repository.

Creating a build pipeline

Let's carry out the following steps to create a build pipeline from a template:

1. Click “Pipelines” in the left-hand navigation menu and then click “Create pipeline.”

2. We will be asked to specify where our code repository is hosted, as illustrated in the following screenshot: