The document outlines the importance of Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery/Deployment (CD) in software development, specifically through strategies such as sandbox management, delivery pipelines, and branching strategies. It highlights Salesforce DX as a tool for enhancing development efficiency and how to implement CI/CD effectively. The author, Yassine El Qandili, provides insights into creating a repository of tools, aligning business objectives with technical implementations, and ensuring team training on new processes.

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CI/CD – A Strategy for success
Yassine El Qandili
10x Salesforce Certified Application Architect / Tech Lead @ Accenture Belgium
/in/yassineelqandili/
y.elqandili1@gmail.com

2. Why CI/CD ?
What is Continuous integration & Continuous Delivery/Deployment ?
How to do CI/CD ?
• Sandbox Strategy
• Delivery pipelines
• Branching Strategy
• Salesforce DX
Agenda
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3. Why CI/CD ?

4. CI : Continuous Integration
Small Changes
Frequent code check in from VCS
Automatic package, build & test
CD :
Continuous Delivery: Manual trigger
deployment to production
Continuous Deployment : Automatic
Deploy to production environment
Build Unit Tests
Deploy to
staging
Acceptance
tests
What is CI/CD ?
Manual
Build Unit Tests
Deploy to
staging
Acceptance
tests
Deploy to QA
Deploy to
Prod/Training
Build Unit Tests
Deploy to
staging
Acceptance
tests
Deploy to QA
Deploy to
Prod/Training
Auto

5. Align Design Implement
1st Step 2nd Step 3rd Step
Technically implement & document the
solution
Train your team on the new WoW
Align business objective with the
technical implementation
Create a repository of existing tools
Design deployment flows & release
cycles to respond to business challenges
Make a choice on the tool stack
How ?

6. CI Server
Dev Sandbox
Dev Sandbox
Dev Sandbox
CI Sandbox QA Sandbox
Production HotFix
How ? – Sandbox Strategy
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Build
Unit Test
Integration TestReview &
Approve
Auto Test
Deploy
Continuous DeliveryContinuous Integration
Scratch Org
Scratch Org
Scratch Org
Scratch Org
Scratch Org

7. Development UAT Production
How ? – Delivery Pipelines
Development SIT UAT Production
Development Merge SIT UAT
Performance
Testing
Staging Production

8. How ? – Branching Strategy
Master
QA
Develop
Feature 01
Feature 02

9. How ? – Implement
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Salesforce DX
Salesforce CLI
Source Format vs Metadata Source ?
Tool stack
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10. Salesforce DX

11. Powerful Command Line Interface
Perform commands against your Salesforce Org
Synch code from your org
Create and manage orgs
Import & Export Data
Create and execute tests
Create and Install Packages
Salesforce CLI

12. Metadata Format vs Source Format

13. • VS Code: Free & Open
Source IDE
• Salesforce Extensions
• CLI
• Apex & Apex Debuggers
• LWC, Aura Components
& Visual Force
• GitLens
Tool Stack – VS Code, Salesforce Extensions & GitLens

14. Endless
Possibilities
Tool Stack – CI Tools

15. Happy Development team
Happy functional team
Happy Product owner
Happy sponsors & stakeholders
Happy users
Happy Customers
Happyness

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Thank you !
Yassine El Qandili
10x Salesforce Certified Application Architect / Tech Lead @ Accenture Belgium
/in/yassineelqandili/
y.elqandili1@gmail.com

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Q & A
Yassine El Qandili
10x Salesforce Certified Application Architect / Tech Lead @ Accenture Belgium
/in/yassineelqandili/
y.elqandili1@gmail.com