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Continuous integration (CI)

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CI usually refers to a series of tests and automations that developers run on their code before they ship it to their users. The biggest part of CI is testing – you want to make sure that your software works as expected and has no major bugs. CI usually involves some sort of server (or third party service like CircleCI) that actually runs those tests.

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