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Dagger.io for Continuous Integration and Delivery: The Complete Guide for Developers and Engineers

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"Dagger.io for Continuous Integration and Delivery"

"Dagger.io for Continuous Integration and Delivery" is a comprehensive and forward-looking guidebook designed for engineering teams and architects seeking to master modern CI/CD methodologies through the lens of Dagger.io. The book opens with a lucid examination of continuous integration and delivery fundamentals, highlighting the paradigm shift from GUI-driven approaches to Pipeline as Code, and placing Dagger.io within the rapidly evolving CI/CD tooling ecosystem. With clear context, it unveils the architectural essentials and unique interoperability offered by Dagger.io, making it ideal for practitioners aiming to design reproducible, scalable, and secure software delivery pipelines.

The core of the book dives deep into Dagger.io's technical landscape—from modeling deterministic pipelines as directed acyclic graphs and leveraging robust SDKs, to mastering artifact management, advanced caching, and security features within the engine. Readers are guided through best practices for authoring, modularizing, and parameterizing complex pipelines, while also learning key strategies for secrets management, failure recovery, and seamless integration with cloud providers, containers, and infrastructure-as-code platforms. Special attention is given to the challenges and solutions surrounding multi-cloud, hybrid environments, and third-party integrations, empowering organizations to innovate and extend their CI/CD capabilities far beyond conventional boundaries.

Rounding out the volume are advanced topics essential for enterprise adoption and operational excellence, including workflow scaling, resource governance, observability, and auditability. The book illustrates how to leverage Dagger.io’s ecosystem for developing custom plugins, promoting developer productivity, and participating in open source collaboration. Finally, it explores the frontier of CI/CD innovation—discussing patterns for polyglot organizations, the fusion of GitOps and ChatOps, machine learning pipeline automation, and the future of delivery orchestration at the edge. "Dagger.io for Continuous Integration and Delivery" is an indispensable resource for anyone aiming to modernize, secure, and future-proof their software delivery processes.

247 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 19, 2025

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William Smith

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Sir William Smith (1813-1893) was an English lexicographer. He became known for his advances in the teaching of Greek and Latin in schools.

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William Smith, exercise books

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