In this chapter, we have learned about CI, CD, and build and release pipelines, including what the benefits are and how to implement them using Azure DevOps.

We have created a new Azure DevOps subscription and have initialized a new project. We then explored some of the basic concepts, such as work items and Git for source control. Finally, we illustrated how to configure an Azure DevOps build pipeline, as well as an Azure DevOps release pipeline, via a practical example.

In the next two chapters, we will explain the basic concepts of ASP.NET Core 3, including the start up class, using middleware, routing, error handling, and much more.