Over the past several years, build management and Continuous Integration tool vendors have suggested that these tools should manage not just authoritative builds from source control, but also replace the test builds done on the developer’s desktop. ...
As AnthillPro 3.6 nears release, we want to give readers of this blog a sneak peak into some of the new features. In this first look at 3.6, we want to look at the new metrics around the test history. Test history metrics work for any kind of testing ...
A while back, I sat in on a discussion with the AnthillPro development team regarding preflight builds. A developer working on other functionality had been looking irritated for a while and finally burst out, "I get it. This should lower the rate of ...
Re: A practical approach to the Rebuild Problem If you don't have a firm regulatory requirement to do rebuilds, I think it's just not worth the trouble. Back up your codestation repository and make sure your cleanup policies are reasonable. Why rebuild if you still have the original build? Now, ...