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Automation for the People (because Everybody Doing It Manually Hurts)

Today I'm kicking off a new emphasis here at Agile Zone on software project automation. The astute reader will recognize the double reference to R.E.M.'s 1992...

2 replies - 10295 views - 10/04/10 by Matt Stine in Articles

Let's Play TDD #10: Ending Capital Gains

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0 replies - 854 views - 09/28/10 by James Shore in News

eXtreme Programming in Practice

Extreme programming sounds a little too "ESPN2" for most managers, but there is a lot of sound engineering behind its principles. In this...

0 replies - 7972 views - 08/16/10 by Nitin Bharti in Videos

Guerilla Continuous Integration

Welcome to episode six of The Agile Guerilla series. The focus of this series of articles is to to help you introduce change, specifically moving to agility,...

1 replies - 9785 views - 08/15/10 by Matt Stine in Articles

You Are Your Software's Immune System!

The vertebrate immune system rivals the most intricately engineered security system on a bad day, detecting and destroying most microorganisms that we...

0 replies - 8833 views - 07/20/10 by Matt Stine in Articles

The Importance of Build and Release Automation

Jez Humble says that last mile between development completion and production can be expensive and painstaking because teams aren't always prepared for it. ...

0 replies - 3640 views - 05/03/10 by Eric Hagan in Videos

Kohsuke Kawaguchi Talks Hudson

This week Hudson creator Kohsuke Kawaguchi introduced his new startup, InfraDNA, which provides support and consulting for the Hudson Continuous Integration...

0 replies - 12560 views - 04/28/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

IntelliJ and TeamCity Load Up on New Features

This week JetBrains unleashed two version updates for its flagship development tools.  The releases included IntelliJ IDEA 9.0.2, JetBrains' IDE platform, and...

0 replies - 13864 views - 04/22/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

Scaling CI and Improving Build Management

Erin Curtis is the Director of Product Management at Electric Cloud, a company that provides build automation and management software.  Before...

0 replies - 3402 views - 04/07/10 by Eric Hagan in Videos

Mylyn Expands

Today, the Eclipse Mylyn project is announcing a major restructuring with the creation of several different sub-projects for each key Application Lifecycle...

2 replies - 21706 views - 03/08/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in Articles

Blue Green Deployment

One of the goals that my colleagues and I urge on our clients is that of a completely automated deployment process. Automating your deployment helps...

0 replies - 13135 views - 03/05/10 by Martin Fowler in News

The hidden cost of building

Thanks to EJ Ciramella for this thought provoking post. There’ll be a Build Doctor T-Shirt on it’s way to him soon. In this down economy,...

0 replies - 5167 views - 02/24/10 by Julian Simpson in News

Electric Cloud's New Tools Avoid Unnecessary Builds

Electric Cloud has recently developed several unique capabilities for its software production suite, and now the company has built these technologies into the...

0 replies - 6880 views - 02/17/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

Ant 1.8 Scanning Leaves 1.7.1 in the Dust

The classic Java build tool, Apache Ant, just reached its next GA version update.  Ant 1.8 has improved directory scanning performance and better symbolic...

1 replies - 10945 views - 02/09/10 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

Holistic Agility: Thoughtworks Studios' Cyndi Mitchell

In this interview, recorded at the Agile 2009 Conference, Cyndi Mitchell, Managing Director of ThoughtWorks Studios, discusses the company's new Adaptive ALM...

0 replies - 9115 views - 09/10/09 by Nitin Bharti in Videos