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2 Session Overview Automated Builds and Continuous Integration are facets of extreme Programming (XP) Very much part of the agile approach to software delivery Traditional waterfall development approaches can still benefit Automated Builds encompass Continuous Integration An automated build is considered end to end, including precompile and post-compile activities This session will cover: An introduction to automating your build, the activities that should be automated, the benefits of automated builds, etc. An overview of how FinalBuilder can help you with your automated build Automating the Build Process Using FinalBuilder 2

including precompile and post-compile activities This session will cover: An introduction to automating your build, the activities that should be automated,

3 Disclaimer I have no association with VSoft, the authors of FinalBuilder It is a great product, I have been using it since version 2.x Its primary reason for being is to automate the build process Automating the Build Process Using FinalBuilder 3

4 Housekeeping Mobile phones Fire Exits Toilets Automating the Build Process Using FinalBuilder 4

5 About Me 50+ presentations delivered: NRW06, NRW07 DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper (UK Community Events) Scottish Developers Agile Scotland British Computer Society (BCS) UK Borland User Group (DDG) Visual Basic User Group (VBUG) VBUG.net Winter 2001 conference XML One articles published: The Delphi Magazine developers magazine (Dotnet Developers Group - DDG) ASPToday.com (now Wiley, previously Wrox) ASP.NET Pro, International Developer CSharpCorner, DeveloperFusion XML XSLT XQuery XML Schema SOAP WML IntraWeb Web Services C# InterOp with Delphi RUP UML TDD in C#, VB.net and Delphi 8 Scrum Automating the Build Process Using FinalBuilder 5

net Winter 2001 conference XML One 2001 60+ articles published: The Delphi Magazine developers magazine (Dotnet Developers Group - DDG) ASPToday.

6 Agenda Automating the Build What, Why and How? FinalBuilder Introduction & Demo Customising FinalBuilder Using VBScript Using C# Replicating the NUnit Action Build Reporting FinalBuilder Server Light-hearted look at Build Failure Wrap Up Resources, Links Contact Info Automating the Build Process Using FinalBuilder 6

C# Replicating the NUnit Action Build Reporting FinalBuilder Server

7 Automating the Build What? Continuous Integration Checking in source code (version control) Running tests (test-driven development) Focus on not breaking the build Plenty of opinions: integrate ever 2 hours is fairly common Pre & Post CI activities Sending , stopping databases Burning CDs/DVDs, FTP, flicking switches McConnell, Code Complete 2 literal continuous integration is too much of a bad thing Promotes the Daily Build and Smoke Test Automating the Build Process Using FinalBuilder 7

breaking the build Plenty of opinions: integrate ever 2 hours is fairly common Pre & Post CI activities Sending e-mail,

8 Automating the Build Why? Manual Builds Error prone Difficult to repeat, easy to miss steps Laborious, boring, dull one team member understands the whole process Unlikely to be run frequently There is more onus / reliance on deployment testing Catch-22! Lack of quality / low quality are big problems Automating the Build Process Using FinalBuilder 8

dull one team member understands the whole process Unlikely to be run frequently There

9 Automating the Build Why? Automated Builds Repeatable and reliable processes one or two clicks, no series of [manual] steps more likely to be run frequently ultimately improve overall quality less chance of human error (after testing, the build) Easier transfer of knowledge No one team member knows the build In XP terms: Under the bus count > 1 Automating the Build Process Using FinalBuilder 9

more likely to be run frequently ultimately improve overall quality less chance of human error

10 Automating the Build How? Entirely manual process Once all development and testing is complete, package up the product... Use a mix of tools (partial automation) : DIY approach; can be very successful CruiseControl NAnt MSBuild Custom scripting DOS batch files Purchase off the shelf software, designed specifically to automate the build process VSoft s FinalBuilder AutomatedQA s Automated Build Studio etc. Automating the Build Process Using FinalBuilder 10

.. Use a mix of tools (partial automation) : DIY approach; can be very successful CruiseControl NAnt MSBuild

11 Agenda Automating the Build What, Why and How? FinalBuilder Introduction & Demo Customising FinalBuilder Using VBScript Using C# Replicating the NUnit Action Build Reporting FinalBuilder Server Light-hearted look at Build Failure Wrap Up Resources, Links Contact Info Automating the Build Process Using FinalBuilder 11

12 FinalBuilder FinalBuilder is an automated build and release management solution for Windows software developers and Software Configuration Management professionals It goes beyond continuous integration Provides an end-to-end means of automating every stage of your build process

Configuration Management professionals It goes beyond continuous

13 FinalBuilder Standard, Professional and Server

14 FinalBuilder The Cost Not a developer? Automise provides the power of FinalBuilder, for the SysAdmin

15 Actions

16 Compilers Configurable, uses packages to manage actions

17 Version Control

18 Installers

19 Test Tools NUnit support is provided

20 Toolset Microsoft Windows XP SP2 FinalBuilder NUnit Visual Studio 2005 SP1 ZoomIt 1.72 Inno Setup Previously delivered this session using Windows Vista Recently paved this laptop with XP2 SP2 for corporate reasons

72 Inno Setup 5.2.2 Previously delivered this session

21 FinalBuilder REPLICATING F5 (OR F9)......AND BEYOND

22 Agenda Automating the Build What, Why and How? FinalBuilder Introduction & Demo Customising FinalBuilder Using VBScript Using C# Replicating the NUnit Action Build Reporting FinalBuilder Server Light-hearted look at Build Failure Wrap Up Resources, Links Contact Info

23 Customising FinalBuilder Writing your own Actions Integrate your build process into FinalBuilder ActionStudio VBScript, JavaScript COM-based languages e.g. Delphi, VB6.NET-based languages e.g. C#, Chrome, Visual Basic.NET

24 How do actions work? onvalidate() Valid parameter s? onexecute() Success / Failure? Valid Invalid Failure FINALBUILDER BUILD PROCESS Success

25 DIY NUnit integration Demonstrate, inside FinalBuilder: Invoking NUnit via the command-line Loading TestResult.xml (created by NUnit) Using XPath to select attributes from TestResult.xml Make decisions based on the attribute value Common activities for any integration Over time, VSoft usually get around to adding third party tools

26 Using FinalBuilder s Features INTEGRATING NUNIT

27 Customising FinalBuilder WRITING YOUR OWN ACTIONS USING C#

28 Agenda Automating the Build What, Why and How? FinalBuilder Introduction & Demo Customising FinalBuilder Using VBScript Using C# Replicating the NUnit Action Build Reporting FinalBuilder Server Light-hearted look at Build Failure Wrap Up Resources, Links Contact Info

29 Build Reporting Builds by day, by day of week, by time of day Print and Export to Excel

30 Build Reports Tuesdays and Thursdays bad days at the office!

31 Build Reports Demonstrate a downward trend in failed builds

32 Agenda Automating the Build What, Why and How? FinalBuilder Introduction & Demo Customising FinalBuilder Using VBScript Using C# Replicating the NUnit Action Build Reporting FinalBuilder Server Light-hearted look at Build Failure Wrap Up Resources, Links Contact Info

33 FinalBuilder Server Team development solution Centralises build projects through a web interface Manage multiple build projects All the underlying power of FinalBuilder Pro Builds can be started and stopped by authorised users Build logs and performance statistics viewable in a browser wide reach

34 Agenda Automating the Build What, Why and How? FinalBuilder Introduction & Demo Customising FinalBuilder Using VBScript Using C# Replicating the NUnit Action Build Reporting FinalBuilder Server Light-hearted look at Build Failure Wrap Up Resources, Links Contact Info

35 Build Failure Simple Red Screen Dr. Neil Roodyn promotes the use of an integration machine for the build Green screen (successful) Red screen (failed)

36 Build Failure More complex!

37 Agenda Automating the Build What, Why and How? FinalBuilder Introduction & Demo Customising FinalBuilder Using VBScript Using C# Replicating the NUnit Action Build Reporting FinalBuilder Server Light-hearted look at Build Failure Wrap Up Resources, Links Contact Info

38 Conclusions Automating the build process entirely, is worth the effort For large projects, I have spent 4-5 hours inside FinalBuilder, but made up that time many times over Quality increase If used correctly, automated build products, such as FinalBuilder are to the build process what test-driven development (TDD) is to the test/code sub-process Reduces integration headaches (integrate often) An automated build tool goes beyond F5 (or F9)

39 Resources FinalBuilder

40 Links Using FinalBuilder, compiler, etc. inside a Virtual Machine (VM) Excellent approach if you need to maintain a whole build environment, including third party components Sinjin Joseph ZoomIt

41 Contact Information Craig Murphy Updated slides, notes and source code:

42 Questions? Test Driven Development and Code Coverage 42

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