If version control is one side of the coin, then automated build is the other. Version control allows multiple developers to work collaboratively on a single project. With many coders each deploying a project in her own space, automated build soon becomes essential. One developer may have her web-facing directory in /usr/local/apache/htdocs; another might use /home/bibble/public_html. Developers may use different database passwords, library directories, or mail mechanisms. A flexible codebase might easily accommodate all of these differences, but the effort of changing settings ...
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MATT ZANDSTRA, PHP Objects, Patterns, and Practice, 10.1007/978-1-4842-1996-6_19
19. Automated Build with Phing
Matt Zandstra1
(1)Liverpool, Merseyside, UK
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