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What software models are appropriate for daily builds and continuous integration?
On reading the joel test and about daily builds, a discussion with a few tech-lead friends of mine in various companies revealed that they never did daily builds or continuous integration because ...
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How do I go from “here's the zip” to a good release strategy?
I can write code, resolve dependencies, and get my program to run on my computer; I have no idea where to go from here though. How do I get the software ready for distribution?
The school ...
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What does “automated build” mean?
I'm trying to add Continuous Integration to a project.
According to Wikipedia, one major piece of CI is automated builds. However, I'm confused about what, exactly, that means, as the CI and build ...
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Why would you create a deployment script in PowerShell when you have TFS?
I'm experimenting with automatic deployment / continuous integration and had a talk with my team lead.
I told him I'm investigating creating build/deployment scripts in PowerShell and he said ...
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Which tool to use for creating application releases?
I'm wondering what others use as a tool for creating the final package to hand over to the customer. For now, these are the tasks it should perform for our company:
build a set of VS projects ...
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1-click software release
I am rewriting a vb6 installer into NSIS. One of my priorities is to compile-to-release in the least number of steps possible; ideally, a one click process, in which all needed files are included, ...
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What is your favourite Build Automation Server software (for C++), and why?
Note: I've checked the continuous-integration tag here and also the automation tag. (Other questions, e.g.: remote build experiebnce?.) (I've also found one question on SO for an example of a more ...
