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Below is a collection of articles related to automated building and continuous integration. Click an article title to read the entire article.
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The Road To Build Enlightenment
by Jason Sankey on Wednesday, 23 August 2006
Each day, every developer on a software team interacts with the build system several times. Despite this, many teams underplay the importance of an effective build system. Is your build system working for you, or do you merely tolerate its existence? In this article, we will journey through build system requirements starting from the most basic through to those that make the whole development process more efficient.
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by Jason Sankey on Tuesday, 14 November 2006
In this article, we look into automating the release process. We begin by reviewing the benefits of automated releases. We then take a look at common steps involved in the automation process, and some of the challenges they may present.
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Reducing the Impact of Broken Builds
by Jason Sankey on Tuesday, 05 December 2006
The "build" is the current status of any software project, and as such reflects the health, vitality and progress of the project. In this article we first review some of the impacts of a broken build. Those already familiar with the negative impacts of broken builds may wish to skip this lead in. There follows an analysis of various techniques to reduce the frequency and impact of broken builds. These techniques vary from the optimistic to the preventative, and from lightweight to quite intensive.
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