feature tour :: continuous integration

Pulse can run any build that can be run from a command-line, but also comes with support for popular build tools such as:

• Apache Ant
• Boost Jam
• GNU make (or compatible)
• Apache Maven (maven 1 and 2)
• MsBuild (used by Visual Studio)
• NAnt
• Apple Xcode
• Custom regular expressions
• Pluggable

Pulse can also collect test information from popular testing libraries:

• Boost.Test
• CppUnit
• CUnit
• JUnit
• NUnit
• OCUnit
• QTestLib
• UnitTest++
• Custom regular expressions
• Pluggable

Pulse supports CVS, git, Perforce and Subversion. Integration with these SCM servers allows you to:

• trigger builds on change
• view changes between builds
• view details of each change
• link to a repository browser
• tag built revisions
• view your recent changes
• view changes to your projects
• view changes for specific projects

Pulse supports notifications via:

• email (plain text or HTML),
• Jabber instant messaging,
• RSS feeds, and
• the Windows system tray

Every developer has their own notification preferences which allows them to control how and when they are notified in a very flexible manner.

Pulse allows you to capture build output, packages and reports as artifacts:

• single files or whole directories
• use wildcards/Ant-style patterns
• browse artifacts in the web UI
• publish artifacts for use in dependent builds
• calculate hashes (MD5 or SHA1)
• mark important artifacts as featured