Continuous Integrationwith & without Team SystemRoy OsheroveTeam Agilewww.TeamAgile.comBlog: www.ISerializable.com

Context

Why should I care?Typical Integration phase in a projectLongHardSweatyYoud like to finish as soon as possibleYou wont respect yourself in the morningYoud like toWork lessMake more moneyRespect yourself in the morning

What is it?Integrate your codeAutomated BuildRun TestsDeploy to various places (Test, Staging)Review failures to integrateDo this continuouslyOn every check-inEvery X minutes

Build AutomationNo human interaction neededTryGets latest source versionCompiles all configurationsRun all unit testsRun all automated functional/Integration testsDeploy to Test, StageReport SuccessCatch (Exception)Report Failure Compile failedTest failed

Build automation toolsTeam SystemMSBuildTeam Foundation Server Build Server3rd party commercial toolsFinalBuilderVisual BuildFree/Open source toolsNAnt

CI toolsTeam SystemMSBuildTeam Foundation Server Build ServerContinuous Integration tool for VSTS3rd party commercial toolsFinalBuilderVisual BuildFree/Open source toolsNAntCruise Control/Draco.NET/Hippo.NET

Nant

NAntThree conceptsTask = Single predefined build actionTarget = User-defined collection of tasksDependency = Relationships or requirements between targets

Large # of Tasks in NAnt and NAnt ContribEx: CSC Task for building C# code

By default, NAnt looks for .build file in dirCan change build by use of PropertiesEasy transition to MSBUILD in Whidbey

DemoNAnt

Why NAnt?Much better than Make/NMakeInstead of shell commands, extended via Task classesInstead of writing shell commands, configuration file XMLXML calls target tree, running various tasksPower to work anywhere on anythingNo VS.NET neededNAnt has many .NET Tasks built-inNAnt makes life easier makes repeatable builds much easier

Why Not Nant?XML EditingTools are not matureHard to maintain (but better than nothing!)

Nant (2)

DemoFinalBuilder

Build automation with FinalBuilder

MSBuild.exeFeels like Nant (XML Based)Extensible through interfaces and inheritanceBasic engine under Visual Studio and Team Build

The Building BlocksOverall architecture of MSBuild and Team Build.NET Framework 2.0 Redist

Team BuildProcess

Team BuildArchitectureTeam Foundation ClientApplication TierBuild Machine Create build type Start build View ReportsTeam Build Web ServicesMSBuildDrop LocationData Tier Sources Work items Team Build dataTeam Foundation warehouse

Team BuildBuild ExecutionGet sources from source control

DemoTeam Build XML FilesTfsBuild.proj

Scheduled BuildOpen Scheduled TasksAdd command line"d:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\TfsBuild.exe"

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From Automationto Continuous IntegrationCruise ControlTeam System Events

What is CruiseControl?Automated Continuous Integration server, implemented in .NET Framework Open source, originally ThoughtWorkshttp://continuousintegration.net/Can integrate with many source controls, NAnt, NUnit, MSBUILD, FxCop, NCover

CCTray

DemoCruise ControlVSSVS 2003

My ListenerWeb ServiceEventing ServicesRegistrations

Implementing CI with TFSIntercept eventsCheckinListen via web serviceInvoke build via Team System APIsOr: Use CruiseControl.NETInvoke MSBuild

DemoIntercept a Check-In using a web service

What other events can we catch?Specify an EventBuildCompletionEvent BuildStatusChangedEvent BranchMovedEvent NodeCreatedEvent NodePropertiesChangedEvent NodeRenamedEvent NodesDeletedEvent ProjectCreatedEvent ProjectDeletedEvent CheckinEvent WorkItemChanged Filter Expression

E.g.:

Visual Studio Event Filter Language

+TeamProject = MyProjectName AND PolicyOverrideComment

DemoStart a TFS build from code

DemoWeb Service Templates

DemoPre built CI Web Service

SummaryAutomate as much as you canThe more you integrate, the less you sufferIf you start early, its not much work3rd party commercial tools can save a lot of money

Team system CI tools are not yet very matureBut it is VERY extensibleIf you have Team system invest in Team System CIUnless you are on a tight budget

Its dark in my company Im sitting here trying to get the build to work All the errors are very meaningful

If I ran a daily build Then maybe Id find this sooner rather than later All the errors are very very meaningful

If my build had passed Id be home right now maybe having a sex But instead Im here now

Wish Id listened to Roy

I wanna be so agile

Wanna deal with changes and bugs more truthfully Wanna be so agile If I could only take over my company

Still, Im here nowAll the errors are very meaningful

Thank you!Roy@TeamAgile.com

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