The Difference Between Continuous Delivery & Continuous Deployment

Continuous Delivery is the foundation of Continuous Deployment. They are very closely related, but they aren’t the same thing. So Continuous Delivery vs Continuous Deployment, what’s the difference and which one is for you?

In this episode Dave Farley, author of “Continuous Delivery” and “Modern Software Engineering”, describes the differences between Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment: what each one gives you and when Continuous Deployment may not always be the correct answer. So, if you are a DevOps team applying the software engineering practices that we describe on the CD channel, what is the best strategy?

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