'Continuous Integration' webcast

Here is the Flash webcast of 'Continuous Integration' session I did a couple of weeks ago.

'Continuous Integration' cont.

After Richard's really good presentation in Bradford last Wednesday (screencast to be uploaded soon, so watch this space) and a really good networking session that spanned from Black Marble offices to The Fighting Cock I would like to keep the thread going. There were some really good thoughts floating by the glasses of cloudy ales that evening and maybe asking wider community and their experience with Continuous Integration will spread the knowledge even further. So please come forward and share your views.

I would like to post my thesis, just to bootstrap the thread:
Would it not be so much easier for everyone, if all tests had to run prior to committing any code into the source management. This would kill off (i.e. speed up) the following loop:

whack some code > run all tests (OR not) > commit > wait for CI to do the build > when green move on, when red come back to code and fix it OR move on and pretend it wasn't you

Such a barrier would put an imperative on every developer to fix all the issues with their code, before they could even dream of committing. It would also mean that the bad code would be fixed by the perpetrators, leading to better practices across the organization. It seams like one of those small changes to the system, that would make huge difference.

Any thoughts on that or anything related to CI, please write them up folks!

And below is Roy Osherove singing about this issue:

March 12th Meeting -'But it works on my PC' or Continuous Integration to improve quality

How many times have you heard the developer say "but it works on my PC" ?

How much time have you wasted trying to get a complex solution to build on a new PC?

In this presentation Richard Fennell will show how continuous integration, the automated building and testing of projects whenever files are checked in, can be used to improve the quality of any software development project. Helping to catch and resolve problems as soon as possible in the development cycle; not waiting until to delivery phase of a project to find there are integration problems.

The presentation will include demos of continuous integration using Cruise Control .NET and Visual Studio Team Server, as well as discussions of integration with other system such as NUnit, MSTest and Virtual Server

NOTE: This meeting is NOT a the usual location in Leeds, but at Black Marble's offices in Bradford, near the University.

Time 6:30pm for a 7pm start.
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