Benefits of the Build - A Case Study in Continuous Integration

Agile processes such as XP and RUP advocate continuous integration, where shorter iterations produce an incremental and functional growth of the system. The fundamental component of any Continuous Integration strategy is an automated and repeatable build. In addition to ensuring your application is always in a functional state, a robust build strategy enables a number of other important lifecycle activities.

This session explores the important characteristics of Continuous Integration, including the development of an automated and repeatable build, and numerous other utilities that enrich the build process. We will also explore the important long term of Continuous Integration by examining it's use on a real world project. Multiple examples using CruiseControl, Ant, and other third party utilities will be shown, and tales from a project experienced in CI will be shared.

About Kirk Knoernschild

Kirk is software developer with a passion for building great software. He takes a keen interest in design, architecture, application development platforms, agile development, and the IT industry in general, especially as it relates to software development. His recent book, Java Application Architecture was published in 2012, and presents 18 patterns that help you design modular software.

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