The document provides an overview of continuous integration and continuous delivery practices. It discusses continuous integration, which involves integrating code changes frequently and verifying them through automated builds and tests. Continuous delivery is described as building software in a way that allows release to production at any time, while continuous deployment means any change is automatically deployed to production. Jenkins, an open source automation server, is introduced as a tool that enables continuous integration and deployment through jobs, credentials, scheduling, build steps, and post-build actions. Pipelines in Jenkins are discussed as dividing deployment into stages to provide quick feedback. The Blue Ocean plugin is highlighted as providing a simplified user interface for Jenkins pipelines.