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continuous integration
For you and your team,
nothing changes from the
version control process you
already have. You start out
by updating some code, and
then checking it in.
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Bob checks in some code.
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Wouldn’t it be dreamy if there was a tool that ran all
my tests for me, every time I checked in code, so I
wouldn’t be embarrassed in front of my team?
Continuous integration tools run your tests
when you check in your code
We’ve already got a version control tool that keeps track of
our code, and now we’ve got a set of automated tests. We just
need a way to tie these two systems together. There are version
control tools (or applications that integrate with version
control tools) that will compile your code, run your automated
tests, and even display and mail out reports—as soon as you
(or Bob) commit code into your repository.
This is all part of continuous integration (CI), and it looks
like this:
Here’s some code.
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The version control tool notifies
your CI tool that there’s new code
available.
New code’s available!
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The version control server
does its normal check-in
procedures, like updating the
revision number, but now it
has a continuous integration
tool it works with, too.
Sometimes the CI tool watches
your repository for changes, but
the end result is the same-the
whole thing is automatic.