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  Introduction Prerequisite s  Preparing the YAML Setting up the pipeline Conclusion Introduction : In this article, we will be seeing how we can build a CI/CD pipeline in Azure DevOps to execute selenium test cases with C# language binding and execute tests in Browser Stack. But before we go there let us check what is CI/CD. Continuous integration (CI) is a process in which several team members merge their code repeatedly into a shared trunk. Before every integration, the changes are validated through automated testing. In this manner, we can find issues as quickly as possible and prevent defects from entering our live environments.  Continuous delivery (CD) is the extension of continuous integration that automates deployments by making sure changes that have successfully passed the automated designated tests are made to the next environment automatically as soon as they are ready.  Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery is a set of best practices...

Azure DevOps offers a fantastic set of REST APIs which allows you to extract and operate data within Azure DevOps by sending an HTTP request to a specific service. It is up to you how you want to call these APIs i.e., using Postman if you are not a fan of coding much or you can use RestAssured, RestSharp libraries if you can write code. I am using Postman here to execute these APIs; all the Azure DevOps Rest APIs expect you to follow these things: 1)    Provide the PAT (Personal Access Token) in the Authorization  tab: o   Type : Basic Auth o   Username : leave it blank o   Password : Enter your PAT Note* Here is how you can create a PAT: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/organizations/accounts/use-personal-access-tokens-to-authenticate?view=azure-devops&tabs=Windows#create-personal-access-tokens-to-authenticate-access 2)     Send the request o Select the HTTP Method (Get, Post...

  How to run your postman (Newman) automation collection in a Continuous Integration environment like Azure DevOps build Pipeline? Postman Introduction: Postman is a tool that simplifies each step of building and testing APIs. If you've ever used it in your development or testing phase, you must already know what an incredible tool it is. It presents the possibility to automate your API tests and integrate them into your CI/CD pipeline to make certain that any code changes won’t introduce any new regression issues in upper environments like QA, Stage, Production, etc. Newman Introduction: Newman is a tool, using which one can effortlessly run and test Postman Collections directly from the command line. Azure DevOps CI/CD Introduction: Azure DevOps by Microsoft Azure is one of the leading tools that automate CI/CD's process. Using continuous integration and continuous deployment with Azure DevOps, these pipelines are used to construct build-deploy-test workflows used mainl...