XP: Continuous Integration

Good paper by Martin Fowler of ThoughtWorks regarding Continuous Integration philosophy. While a mainstream technique, good to see the technical rational written down by a developer of CruiseControl.

Here are his talking points. Our team needs improvement on automated testing.

• Maintain a Single Source Repository
• Automate the Build
• Make Your Build Self-Testing
• Everyone Commits To the Mainline Every Day
• Every Commit Should Build the Mainline on an Integration Machine
• Keep the Build Fast
• Test in a Clone of the Production Environment
• Make it Easy for Anyone to Get the Latest Executable
• Everyone can see what's happening
• Automate Deployment