http://www.anthillpro.com/blogs/anthillpro-blog/2008/07/14/continuous_integration_was_fowler_wrong.html While rereading Martin Fowler's classic paper, Continuous Integration, it struck me that its approach to Continuous Integration (CI) is fundamentally flawed. Fowler, like most of the CI community, seems to argue that CI is about building rather than ... en Eric Minick Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:20:22 GMT Pebble (http://pebble.sourceforge.net) http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.anthillpro.com/blogs/anthillpro-blog/2008/07/14/continuous_integration_was_fowler_wrong.html#trackback1222125622464 There is a discussion on CI at UrbanCode here. It is a bit pedantic debating the value of build versus test. I regard a build as a fundamental test of source code self-consistency, which must pass in order to have a software product in which to perform... Mavericks http://www.anthillpro.com/blogs/anthillpro-blog/2008/07/14/continuous_integration_was_fowler_wrong.html#comments http://www.anthillpro.com/blogs/anthillpro-blog/2008/07/14/continuous_integration_was_fowler_wrong.html#trackback1222125622464 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:20:22 GMT http://www.anthillpro.com/blogs/anthillpro-blog/2008/07/14/continuous_integration_was_fowler_wrong.html#comment1222124739648 I agree with Anonymous 8/4/2008 2:42:30. A build is the first test - a test of source code self-consistency. We are build people and we admit that. Getting source code self-consistency is not always trivial. During sometimes painful re-engineering of imploded build scripts with a cleanly architected Openmake build, customers have asked me "Can't you scan the source code instead of doing a build?". The correct answer is, "That's what a build is." Sean Blanton http://www.anthillpro.com/blogs/anthillpro-blog/2008/07/14/continuous_integration_was_fowler_wrong.html#comments http://www.anthillpro.com/blogs/anthillpro-blog/2008/07/14/continuous_integration_was_fowler_wrong.html#comment1222124739648 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:05:39 GMT http://www.anthillpro.com/blogs/anthillpro-blog/2008/07/14/continuous_integration_was_fowler_wrong.html#comment1217875350701 I would suggest that building and testing might be synonymous. While certainly a low bar, successfully compiling code and the building a deployment is really the most basic of tests, is it not? Anonymous http://www.anthillpro.com/blogs/anthillpro-blog/2008/07/14/continuous_integration_was_fowler_wrong.html#comments http://www.anthillpro.com/blogs/anthillpro-blog/2008/07/14/continuous_integration_was_fowler_wrong.html#comment1217875350701 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:42:30 GMT