ThoughtWorks recently published a paper that proposed a maturity assessment model for continuous delivery. Technology led companies continue to eat the lunch of traditional companies who are struggling to innovate at the same pace as their younger and more dynamic counterparts. Companies such as Netflix, Amazon, Google and Apple strive to reduce the cycle time from [...]
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I have been building and maintaining continuous integration (CI) environments for several years now and would consider myself well versed in the practice. There really is a wealth of information on CI and people such as Martin Fowler and John Smart do a great job as advocates by providing a solid understanding and practical advice. [...]
~ read more ~Martin Fowler recently wrote about the value of a reproducible build. I agree absolutely with the points Martin makes and also that fans of continuous integration often assume a build to be reproducible. In the early phases of an Agile process when there is a significant amount of foundational activity that has yet to be [...]
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