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 trigger similar [...]
Software Build and Release has such a hectic schedule–sometimes you just can’t help it but to get caught in it all and get burned out. Aside from a successful proposal of a new build and release infrastructure and getting all the development teams on board, the headache starts when the implementation and back-to-back release schedule [...]
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 “multi-build streams.” [...]