Continuous Integration

The practice where members of a development team integrate their work frequently. Typically, each developer should integrate their version of a system with others at least once a day, meaning that there will be overall several integrations each day. Continuous integration usually results in many fewer problems when integration is carried out.

A good framework to aid continuous integration is Cruise Control

http://www.martinfowler.com/articles/continuousIntegration.html

Andrew McDonough is a consultant CTO and software developer, currently based between Berlin and London.

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