Continuous Integration

By James Kovacs
Continuous integration techniques with MSBuild, TeamCity, NUnit, NCover, FxCop, and Microsoft Web Deploy
Course info
Rating
(535)
Level
Beginner
Updated
Dec 10, 2010
Duration
2h 35m
Table of contents
A Gentle Introduction
Overview 1m Levels of Code Confidence 2m CI as an Enabler 3m Benefits of Continuous Integration 6m Summary 1m
Minimum Requirements
Overview 3m The Check-In Dance 4m Continuous Integration Do's and Don'ts 4m Summary 0m
Building a Solution
Building a Solution 0m Overview 1m Hello, Continuous Integration 6m Recommended Solution Layout 2m The Software 1m Building on the CI Server 8m Build Failure Notifications 3m Receiving a Build Failure Notification 8m Summary 1m
Build Scripts
Build Scripts 0m Overview 1m Why Do We Need a Build Script? 2m Decision Point: How to Add Build Steps 1m Recommendation: Do Not Modify csproj/vbproj 1m Recommendation: Do Not Script csc.exe/vbc.exe 1m Recommendation: Script Everything, but Compile with MSBuild 0m Why the Command Line? 1m Hello, MSBuild 1m Defining Targets 1m Running from the Command Line 1m Compiling the Solution 2m Setting the Default Target 0m Eliminating Duplication 3m Switching Between Debug and Release 2m Scripting Other Tasks 3m Using Custom Tasks 3m Handling Non-Fatal Command Failures 2m Depending on Multiple Targets 1m Running on the CI Server 2m Summary 1m
Integrating External Tools
Integrating External Tools 0m Overview 0m External Tools 1m Test Runners 1m Integrating NUnit via Exec Task 4m Failing the Build with Exit Codes 2m Running Tests on the Build Server 1m Displaying Test Reports 2m Coverage 2m 100% Coverage Myth 2m Integrating Coverage 0m Integrating NCover via Custom MSBuild Tasks 5m Failing the Build on Low Coverage 3m Running Coverage on the Build Server 4m Static Code Analysis 1m Integrating FxCop 5m Failing the Build by Analyzing XML Output 5m Summary 2m
Deployment Automation
Overview 0m Packaging/Deployment Options 2m Server Preparation 2m Deployment Pipeline 1m Continuous Deployment 1m Adding Packaging to the Build Script 4m Finding Microsoft Web Deploy on a Developer Machine 2m Packaging from the Command Line 1m Packaging on the Build Server 4m Installing Microsoft Web Deploy on the Web Server 5m Adding Deployment to the Build Script 4m Integrating Deployment into the Pipeline 3m Demonstrating Continuous Deployment 2m Summary 1m
Description
Course info
Rating
(535)
Level
Beginner
Updated
Dec 10, 2010
Duration
2h 35m
Description

This course introduces the theory and practice of continuous integration (CI). Students are shown how to set up a build server for CI and create build scripts using MSBuild to manage the overall build process. Different aspects of a build pipeline are explored including code compilation, testing, coverage, static code analysis, packaging, and deployment. This course is appropriate for developers new to the practice of continuous integration.

About the author
James Kovacs
About the author

James Kovacs is a Technical Evangelist for JetBrains. He is passionate in sharing his knowledge about OO, SOLID, TDD/BDD, testing, object-relational mapping, dependency injection, refactoring, continuous integration, and related techniques.

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