Others will write unit tests that depend upon specific quirks of their environment.
Syncterm nightly code#
Some developers will add source code and data files to the project, but forget to add them to source control.
Syncterm nightly update#
Some will remember to update their complete workspace before building others will only update the part of the project they're developing. Some developers will add new (maybe better) tools, others won't. Some developers will religiously apply all security patches and upgrades, others won't. While the developers may start with a common, consistent development environment (same OS, same patches, same tools, same compilers), over the course of time their environments will diverge. Suppose you have a typical application, with multiple projects and several developers. That's what I do - here's why I do it (and why you should too): Most importantly, we never deliver a build for testing or a customer that wasn't built using the build server.
I'll use fine-grained build targets to manage the details, so that any developer can build any part of the system - the Continuous Integration server use the exact same build steps as any developer. I may also add a delivery build that tags the repository and does any additional packaging for a customer delivery. At that point I'll split the builds into continuous builds (run on checkin) that only compile and run unit tests and daily builds that build everything, run all the reports, and build any generated documentation. Then I'll add Continuous Integration ( CruiseControl or CruiseControl.NET) depending upon the platform, then let the other developers loose.Īs the project grows, and the need for reports and documentation grows, eventually the builds will take longer to run. NET: NAnt or MSBuild) and how it will be managed ( Subversion or some other version control). So the first thing I do with a project is establish how it will be built (Java: Ant or Maven. I am a strong believer in build-early, build-often, continuous integration. I've been doing build engineering (among other things) for 16 years.
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