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PnP 2006 Continuous Integration Resources
Here are the resources from my 10/11/06 talk Continuous Integration at PnP 2006
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I will be speaking on continuous integration at Microsoft's Patterns & Practices Summit October 9-12 2006
One of the fundamental practices of agile software development is continuous integration. CI in its simplest form is about building your software reliably. The secret sauce of CI is that it decreases the size of the feedback loop allowing you to respond to problems sooner. Come explore how to add more information to your feedback loop through advanced topics such as testing, installers, static analysis, 3rd party and internal dependancies. We'll not only be looking at the good stuff, but alternatives and problems that can creep in.
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Speaking at XP2006
I'll be running the workshop Agile Process Anti-patterns Workshop: Detecting and correcting process "smells" on Wed 6/21. If you are going to be in Oulu next week drop me a line and we'll hook up.
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What Do You Need To Know?
Time to vent. I’ve been trying to hire a couple of senior developers on a team that is primarily building a web based framework (i.e. software for developers). I have some minimal expectations for a senior developer that I don’t think are all that outrageous.
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Christopher Avery - Responsibility Tip
I've heard Christopher Avery speak once and had a couple of email conversations and I have deep respect for the message he is trying to get across.
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Excerpts from The Deadline – Tom DeMarco
I had never read "The Deadline" by DeMarco, but it turned up on my boss' desk one day and I borrowed it.
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The Additional Software Tester's Axiom
Axiom VI: Testing? What testing?
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Workshop at XP2006 on Agile Process Smells
Come to my Agile Process Anti-patterns Workshop on 6/21 10:45 - 3:30
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HanselMinutes #4
Scott Hanselman has started a podcast called HanselMinutes to talk tools and utilities. Episode #4 on Continuous Integration caught my attention because of 2 names mentioned during the discussion of the Ruby Watir library. Both Dustin Woodhouse and Travis Illig got mentioned because of tools they have written to integrate the Watir functionality at development or test time. Travis wrote RubyTestExecutor which hooks Ruby/Watir scripts up with NUnit. Dustin wrote WatirNUt which is a utility that creates a portable, testable NUnit binary wrapper around Watir test scripts and supporting files.