Real CI/CD in Azure DevOps: Build • Test • Deploy a React App (Multi-Stage YAML)

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Copying index.html isn’t real CI/CD. In this video, we switch to a production-style workflow for a React app using Azure DevOps Pipelines. You’ll see how commits trigger a multi-stage YAML pipeline that builds with npm, runs tests, produces an artifact, and deploys to a Dev VM (Nginx). We’ll compare this to the previous static-file demo and explain why real apps need separate build/test/deploy stages. You’ll learn - CI vs CD (what changes for real apps like React) - Multi-stage YAML: trigger → build → test → publish artifact → deploy - Where artifacts live and why you deploy artifacts, not raw source - How environments (Dev → QA → Prod) fit into the pipeline - Common pitfalls (Node versions, caching, failing tests, Nginx targets) Coming next Hands-on: full React pipeline (build, test, artifact, deploy to VM) with approvals for QA/Prod. -------- 📚 **More Resources:** - My AWS Beginners Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/aws-fundamentals-amazon-web-services-for-beginners/?referralCode=D403975F7C1326B2BFA2 - DevOps for beginners: https://www.udemy.com/course/devops-for-beginners-docker-k8s-cloud-cicd-4-projects/?referralCode=C5BA8236CCE9FE004F98 - AWS Mastery: 26 AWS Cloud Projects for Engineers & Architect - https://www.udemy.com/course/aws-mastery-hands-on-cloud-projects-for-engineers/?referralCode=4143F31DC85951744CEB #AzureDevOps #AzurePipelines #DevOps #CICD #React #YAML