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| Meeting Date/Time: | Monday, October 6th at 5:30 PM |
| Location: | To Be Determined |
| Featured Topic: | Continuous Integration with TeamCity - Presented By Chris Sutton |
| Additional Information: | Continuous Integration (CI) is a foundational process for any software development team. In Joel Spolsky's "12 Steps to Better Code" it occupies steps 2 & 3. Martin Fowler describes it as one of the core XP practices, alongside Unit Testing and Refactoring. He has also written one of the classic CI papers called "Continuous Integration" that clearly builds the case for CI. Steve McConnell also recommends it as a best practice for development teams.
Continuous Integration goes beyond just automating your build, it is a robust set of practices that helps keep your team and software coordinated. We'll spend time talking about why Continuous Integration is important and what its basic tenants are. After that we'll configure a virtual machine and go through the process of setting up a build with Team City.
While there are other good solutions on the market, Team City has built a high quality CI server and has positioned itself well with a free version for small to medium sized development teams.
Please note that we are moving to *Kirkwood* in October. The meeting location and directions are below.
Kirkwood Community College
Iowa Hall, Room 317A - Gritter
Directions to Campus from Interstate 380:
1. Take the Kirkwood/Highway 30 exit - go west
2. Take the Kirkwood Blvd. exit
3. Go south on Kirkwood Blvd approximately 1 mile
4. Enter Kirkwood via the South Entrance
5. Take the 1st left into the parking lot
6. Enter between Iowa Hall and Mansfield Center
7. Take open stairs up 1 level to the 3rd floor
http://www.kirkwood.edu/maincampus |
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