This document discusses continuous integration and deployment using Laravel and Azure Web Apps. It defines Laravel as a PHP web framework and Azure Web Apps as a platform for hosting web apps that can scale. It then explains that continuous integration merges code changes frequently, while continuous deployment aims to automate deployments so new changes can be released quickly and safely. When using Azure Web Apps, automated deployments can be set up using third-party services connected to the local Git repository to deploy code to staging slots for testing before promotion to production.