This past Saturday, I gave a presentation on continuous integration at the West Michigan Day of .NET, and as promised, I'm posting my materials for anyone who wants them. Even for those who didn't attend, I think that simply by dropping your code into this process and modifying a few settings, you could easily have a build process ready to go quickly.

CI - What, Why & How (18.6 MB zip)

For those who were at the presentation, this is the contents of my C:\Build folder (the one that would be on the build server). I've removed all of the .svn folders. It also has my presentation slides, which don't have much content, but there are some notes in there. This was my first attempt at a more "Beyond Bullet Points" type of presentation, so hopefully it worked out.

Here's are the links to the tools I talked about, as well as the ones on the last slide:

• CI Servers
  • CruiseControl.NET
• Build Scripting Tools
  • MSBuild
  • NAnt
• Unit Testing
  • NUnit
  • MbUnit
  • xUnit
  • MSTest (as close as I can get to a link to it)
• Code Analysis
  • NCover
  • Simian
  • FxCop
  • Source Monitor
• Documentation
  • NDoc (Note that the version included is slightly different than the SourceForge version. I found a modified one that worked with .NET 2.0, but can't find the download link now)
  • SandCastle
• Additional Resources
  • Continuous Integration: The Cornerstone of a Great Shop
  • Martin Fowler's Post on Continuous Integration
  • Mike Swanson's Ambient Orb Configuration
  • Lego Animation Agile Development Video

Note that not all of these tools are free. NCover requires a license, and Simian is only free for free or open source software.

For everyone who attended, thanks for allowing me to present on something I am passionate about, and hopefully there's something that will benefit you on your future projects.

Tags: Continuous Integration | CruiseControl.NET | NUnit | NAnt | NCover