Chapter 1. Understanding continuous integration

This chapter covers

  • Continuous integration theory
  • A Hello World CI example
  • A preliminary list of CI tools

As developers, we’re interested in creating the best possible applications for our customers with the least amount of work. But with applications becoming more complex and having more moving parts, creating great applications is getting harder, even with advances in tools such as Visual Studio and the .NET Framework.

One of the keys to improving applications and productivity is to automate some of the work. Continuous integration (CI) is one of the best ways to do this.

Have you ever written code that did its small task perfectly, but then discovered unexpected side effects when you integrated ...

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