Continuous Integration: Sign of a Great Shop

Relentless automation is the sign that your software team has discovered how valuable their time is and how much of their day can be wasted performing trivial tasks. Using Jenkins, an open source tool as an example, Jared Richardson demonstrates how to get started with continuous integration, a powerful automation technique that binds your team together and help ensures that your project runs smoothly and efficiently. The concept is simple-after every code check in, code is compiled and comprehensive automated tests are run. However, like so many great techniques, it’s easy to describe but difficult to master. Jared explains how continuous integration, implemented with the appropriate tools, forces frequent developer integrations, thus eliminating a large amount of uncertainty and project jitter. Learn why continuous integration encourages developers to share code more frequently and produces a culture that demands comprehensive and maintainable automated tests.