4. Practical Implementation of CI/CD Pipelines

During this course, we will have the opportunity to implement CI/CD pipelines in GitLab using a mock project. This practical exercise will help you understand the key concepts and components of CI/CD pipelines, as well as how to configure and customize them for your projects.

4.1 Research Publication Data Analysis Project

For this exercise, we will use a mock project called “Research Publication Data Analysis.” This project is a simple GitLab Repository, which contains a Python script that analyzes research publication data and generates a report. The goal is to automate the process of analyzing research data and generating reports using CI/CD pipelines.

Key Features of the Project:

• Repository: The project repository contains the following files:

  • analyze_data.py: Python script for analyzing research publication data.
  • requirements.txt: List of Python dependencies required for the script.
  • data.csv: Sample research publication data in CSV format.

  We will use this repository to demonstrate the implementation of CI/CD pipelines in GitLab.