Continuous Integration (CI) is a core software development practice where developers frequently merge their code changes into a shared repository, and each change is automatically built and tested. ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (๐๐) ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ is an automated, data-driven validation of energy efficiency at every code change. It is practiced to:
- ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ โ e.g., a firmware change that increases current draw.
- ๐ค๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ โ see how code affects real-world energy use.
- ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ โ build a power-performance history across versions.
- ๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ โ for energy optimizations or component changes