Continuous Integration (CI) is a fully automated, repeatable build process that includes testing. Checking in code triggers a CI build, and allows immediate detection of integration errors to improving software quality.

Standing up CI successfully has many challenges; including cultural, environmental, and project characteristics.  We’ll learn about the reasons for using a CI system based on lessons learned from the open source world and how CI forms the structure to create a virtuous circle of constantly improving the software.  We'll review the CI best practices and the tips / tricks to leverage the investment in CI. There will be a demo of the popular open source CI server “Hudson.”