Version Control

Continuous Integration

A development practice where code changes are automatically built and tested when merged to a shared repository.

Continuous Deployment

An extension of continuous integration where code changes are automatically deployed to production after passing tests.

Continuous Delivery

A software practice where code changes can be released to production at any time through automated pipelines.

Git

A distributed version control system for tracking changes in source code during software development.

Code Review

A systematic examination of source code by developers other than the author to identify bugs and improve quality.

Test-Driven Development

A development practice where failing tests are written before the code that makes them pass.

Behaviour-Driven Development

A development approach where application behaviour is described in a natural language format before implementation.

Refactoring

Restructuring existing code without changing its external behaviour to improve readability and maintainability.

Feature Flag

A software development technique allowing features to be enabled or disabled at runtime without deploying new code.

Monorepo

A version control strategy where multiple projects or packages are stored in a single repository.

Testing the interaction between different software modules or components to verify they work together correctly.

Testing a system's behaviour under expected and peak load conditions to ensure adequate performance.

The process of defining the structure, storage, and retrieval of data in a database system.

A type of resource leak where a program fails to release memory that is no longer needed.

Automatic memory management that reclaims memory occupied by objects no longer referenced by the program.

A technique for controlling the number of requests a client can make to an API within a specified time period.

Testing the complete application workflow from start to finish to ensure the system meets requirements.

The process of defining interfaces for software components to communicate with each other effectively.