Easy way to implement CICD

Item: GitLab
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with GitLab

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our organization, I work as development team member, I have to manage different code bases with a team of individuals. In that process, there are certain parameters for code reviews and quality checks for deliverables GitLab helps in implementing CI/CD pipeline for an efficient way to create deliverables it also provides shared and instance-based runners.

Pros and Cons

Pros

CI/CD pipeline implementation
AI tools for code review
Version control of source code
Privacy parameter implementation

Cons

UI refresh takes time
Limited feature on the general tier
CI/CD additional scripting

Return on Investment

Positive ROI
Developers know the tool well
Handles multiple large codebases easily

Alternatives Considered

Atlassian Bitbucket, Azure DevOps Services and GitHub

Gitlab is an industry standard tool for version controlling of the source code with multiple features used by the developers to maintain efficient development process and scalable services integration on the larger code bases. Multiple tools like AI code review helps the reviewer to efficiently check and flag any irregularities before code is pushed in production.

Security

In most repositories it is generally advised not to push certain variables and hashes, GitLab provides warnings and pop-ups if any of the irregularities are found. Gitlab allow admins to provide read write restriction on the users/developers of the repository which allows protecting the branches from faulty merges and commands.

Continuous Integration

Gitlab provides easy implementation of the CI / CD pipelines which helps in executing post development scripts like obfuscation and creating an executable this helps in efficient delivery process and also provides standard files to the client. These CI/CD pipelines help in putting standard checks on the codebase like version combability and naming conventions

Key Insights

Do you think GitLab delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with GitLab's feature set?

Yes

Did GitLab live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of GitLab go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy GitLab again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Revit, Autodesk Civil 3D, ShareX

Likelihood to Recommend

I am working on multiple automation plugins based on dotnet framework, i have to create deliverables as executable for the client , features from GitLab like AI tool to check sensitive information like environment variables and hashes don't get pushed on to the branches also it helps in maintaining a check on versions of dlls which helps the code reviewer to maintain code structure and nomenclature. Sometimes UI updating is not accurate but it can be neglected.

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