cloud native applications and continuous integration and continuous deployment. You will learn what it is like to cre- ate new, cloud native applications and the emerging new challenges. Once you understand the complexities inherent in containers and container orchestration, along with an ap- preciation of the hundreds of open source tools, it will be- come clear that an environment like Jenkins X has the po- tential to change everything. The book will discuss the building blocks to Jenkins X and will give you a prescriptive guidance on how to get started. Who should read this book? This book is written for developers and DevOps managers who are beginning to understand the power of open source tools such as Kubernetes and Jenkins X, and give you insights into the new world of cloud native applica- tions development. Both developers and operations teams need to understand continuous integration and continuous delivery in order to be successful. We wrote this book so that you can share your insights and obser- vations with your management team and your colleagues to support the goals of modern application development and deployment. This book is not documentation nor is it a technical man- ual, but it gives you a framework to understand your next steps in creating true business value. Future books in this series will delve deeper into the details of leveraging Jen- kins X to support your cloud native applications develop- ment and deployment. It is important to remember that Jenkins X is a community project and it will continue to evolve to meet the changing needs of contributors, devel- opers and customers. x