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A Continuous Deployment Example Setup

One of the reasons behind getting around to building Vagrantbox.es recently was I was giving a talk to a group of startups on The Difference Engine programme...

0 replies - 8900 views - 08/22/11 by Gareth Rushgrove in News

Jenkins Build Pipeline Example

The idea of a build pipeline for web application deployment appears to have picked up lots of interest from the excellent Continuous Delivery book. Inspired by...

1 replies - 11412 views - 07/25/11 by Gareth Rushgrove in News

Developing and Testing in the Cloud

There’s a lot of hype around “the Cloud” and what it can do.One of the things that I am interested in is Cloud solutions that can help small software...

3 replies - 14641 views - 07/12/11 by Jim Bird in News

Maven Release Plugin and Continuous Delivery

I was setting up a Continuous Delivery system using Maven as the build tool, Perforce as the SCM and Go (ThoughtWorks’ CI system). All was going...

7 replies - 10060 views - 07/07/11 by James Betteley in News

How long to retain build output?

Martin Fowler has recently made a post on the topic of the importance of reproducible builds. This is a vital principle for any process of continuous...

0 replies - 6182 views - 07/02/11 by Dave Farley in News

Deployment is the new build (part 3)

Earlier this year, I was invited to present a talk at Devopsdays Boston about deployment as the new build: how deployments are carried out now, how they will...

2 replies - 4858 views - 06/17/11 by Andrew Phillips in Articles

When the going gets tough – automate it!

 Let me tell you a story about my first job: a long ago I was hired for my very first software development job. I worked with some really...

1 replies - 7805 views - 06/13/11 by Dror Helper in News

Daily Dose: Flash Builder 4.5 In the Works

When it is released in May 2011, Adobe's Flash Builder 4.5 will create a single framework for web, desktop and mobile development. New features include special...

2 replies - 15197 views - 04/10/11 by Katie Mckinsey in Daily Dose

Prediction #6: Continuous integration becomes central to deployment, Jenkins attacks Hudson with a chicken

This is a reposting from Mik Kersten's Tasktop Blog.  Look for more predictions in this series on his blog and on Agile Zone.How does a continuous integration...

3 replies - 5758 views - 02/05/11 by James Sugrue in Articles

Failures Are Really Mini Successes

I tend to talk about failure a bit on this blog. Failure is a good topic for discussion, whether it is project failure or failures by people. Why is it such...

4 replies - 10135 views - 01/31/11 by Robert Diana in News

Executable Specifications: Automating Your Requirements Document

One of the biggest problems in software development is the "DONE" problem. We have in our possession a stack of index cards representing user stories...

2 replies - 12574 views - 12/03/10 by Matt Stine in Articles

Failed Metric, Failed Build?

A very interesting discussion came up this past weekend during the "Project Automation" Birds of a Feather (BOF) session at the No Fluff Just Stuff...

1 replies - 5420 views - 11/12/10 by Matt Stine in Articles

“Pushbutton” Deployment of Windows/.NET Apps - Videos and Resources

rPath extends its Linux release automation strength to Windows applicationsDeploying .NET and other Windows Applications is complex, time-consuming and...

0 replies - 4625 views - 11/10/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Announcements

To Selenese or not to Test? That Seems to be the Question.

We had a very good turnout for the Automated Browser Testing Poll this week. Before I get into my musings about what happened, here's a quick summary of the...

5 replies - 12753 views - 10/22/10 by Matt Stine in Articles

Build Scripts? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Build Scripts!

Ahh, famous last words of the close-minded programmer. Solutions abound for automating the build process in software projects: Ant, Gant, Maven, Gradle, Rake,...

7 replies - 14393 views - 10/08/10 by Matt Stine in Articles