Data Science Model Deployments and Cloud Computing on GCP - CI/CD

The video tutorial covers CICD, focusing on continuous integration and the automated building and testing of applications. It explains the developer workflow, from committing code to a repository to moving it through various environments like development, testing, staging, and production. The importance of setting up environments that emulate production is highlighted, ensuring consistency across different stages. The tutorial also discusses testing methods and deployment strategies, emphasizing the goal of DevOps to shorten the development cycle and improve integration efficiency.

Explain the role of automated testing in the CICD process.

What is the ultimate goal of DevOps in relation to the software development cycle?