I'm quite an avid podcast listener, I spend around 90min driving (often in heavy traffic) each day and try to make the most of the time learning new things. Currently, I listen to some well known dev podcasts such as: Scott Hanselman's Handelminutes .net Rocks Javascript Jabber Recently I discovered… Read more →
In my last post I talked about the basics of continuous integration and the need for source control. Now I want to talk about CI Servers. This topic is probably what most developers think of when CI is mentioned, though as I said in that post: a separate server is… Read more →
Most developers would assume that all other developers know what source control is, and that they use it. It's probably impossible to know this for sure, as most software is closed source and written behind closed doors. I tried to do a bit of research and came across an old… Read more →
I'm not much of a writer, so this whole blogging thing is hard for me to do. But I want to try and here's why: In all my previous jobs (prior to Entelect), I worked in electrical engineering companies where software was not really the main focus. So I worked… Read more →
Lets start with a definition from Wikipedia: Continuous integration (CI) is the practice, in software engineering, of merging all developer working copies with a shared mainline several times a day. ... The main aim of CI is to prevent integration problems, referred to as "integration hell" in early descriptions of XP.… Read more →
Hello, my name is Duane and I'm a software developer in South Africa. I work for a company called Entelect Software. On this blog I will document my journey into learning and implementing various continuous integration/development techniques and tools. I have quite a bit of experience with Jetbrains' TeamCity,… Read more →