Key takeaways:
DevOps tooling plays a vital role in optimizing and improving software development and operations processes, nurturing collaboration, and achieving efficient and dependable delivery of high-quality software products
DevOps Toolings
There are numerous tools available for constructing CI/CD pipelines. Drawing upon our extensive 10+ years of experience in developing DevOps solutions for clients, we normally use the tools listed as in the following diagram. Based on the unique requirements of each business, we carefully select and combine the most suitable tooling combinations to ensure optimal outcomes in terms of code quality, stability, consistency, efficiency, scalability, security, and collaboration.

Best practices for creating effective CI/CD pipelines
There are significant best practices can be applied in each single stage to build a full CI/CD pipeline more effectively. You can refer to my sharing below for the best practices we can apply for Build, Deployment and Testing stages to ensure high code quality, stability, consistency, efficiency, scalability, security, and collaboration.
Best practices for effective BUILD Stage in CI/CD pipelines.
Best practices for effective DEPLOYMENT Stage in CI/CD pipelines.
Best practices for effective Testing Stage in CI/CD pipelines.