Archive for the 'Build Technologies' Category

The Right Way of Build Dependencies

Awhile back when I was implementing a particular build into the CI model, I ran into a dependency debate; both with my own as well as the development group. The project (A) in question has a lib dependency on another project (B). The difference in view came when I suggested for A […]

The Concept of Build Streams

Previously I had published a blog describing the various build types associated with agile and continuous integration models but had left out another model mainly used within the Java based software. This was brought to my attention from a comment by Paul Keeble. The model is usually referred to as “integration streams” or […]

CruiseControl.NET 1.3’s Awesome New Features

CruiseControl.NET has been released and it couldn’t be sooner. This is great for SCM Engineers who deal with projects which contains multi-layered dependencies. The serialization of these builds addresses numerous resource issues I’ve dealt with previously.
Granted that you cannot invoke a concurrent build of the same project due to the active use […]

One Build Triggering Another

CruiseControl.NET allows you to trigger a build base on another build’s successful completion. This is useful in that it allows builds with dependencies to be fully automated. When one is built successfully, another or more will be triggered. Here is an example code snippet:
Within the <triggers> block, you can add an additional […]

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