Continuous. Integration. in.net MARGIN KAWALEROWICZ CRAIG BERNTSON MANNING. Greenwich. (74 w. long.)

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1 Continuous Integration in.net MARGIN KAWALEROWICZ CRAIG BERNTSON M MANNING Greenwich (74 w. long.)

2 contents preface xv acknowledgments xvii about this book xix about the authors xxii about the cover illustration xxiii T^ARrr 1. l^/f[amje IT HAJPPE^J iiii««c«ht*»*i*«m««e»««a««e»t«a»ti<»»l Understanding continuous integration What does it mean to integrate continuously? 4 Defining continuous integration 4 * CI and your development process 5 Do I need to build ivith every change? 7' Overcoming team objections 8* It's all about reducing risk A simple Hello World-type CI example CI tools 13 Essential tools 14 * Code-analysis Testing tools 20 * Other tools A project for CI: leasing/credit Calculation core 21 Calculators Summary 27 tools 18 calculator 20 ix

3 Setting up a source control system Choosing the right source control system for you 30 Benefits of source control systems 31 * Source control aspects to consider Setting up a Subversion source control server 35 Installing VisualSVN Server 35 * Creating users and groups 37* Creating the repository 37 Keeping a healthy repository TortoiseSVN and working with the repository 42 Subversion client: TortoiseSVN 42 * Creating a working copy 43 Committing changes 45 * Updating and committingfiles 48 Referencing Setting up Team Foundation Server 53 Installing TFS TFS collections 55 Using Visual Studio Team Explorer 58 * Managing TFS source control 61 * Locking and shelving Summary 64 Automating the build process Build automation 67 Make and its children 67* It's not an Ant The Microsoft worker: MSBuild 70 First encounters with MSBuild 71* Using predefined extend an MSBuild script 73 * MSBuild Community 3.3 The happy couple: Visual Studio and MSBuild 78 Examining a project file 79* Examining the solution file 81 * Starting an MSBuild script with Visual Studio Extending MSBuild by writing and using tasks to Tasks 76 custom tasks 83 Implementing a custom task 84 * Putting it all together Summary 88 Choosing the right CI server A quick review of the CI process Examining the CI server possibilities 92 Manual integration build or your own CI server? 92 CI servers for.net 94

4 4.3 Continuous integration with CruiseControl.NET 95 Starting with CCNet 96 * Configuring CCNet 97 Triggering builds Continuous integration with TeamCity 102 Running TeamCity 102* Configuring a project 104 Pre-tested commit Continuous integration with Team Foundation Server TFS and build controllers 113* Configuring TFS build agents 115* TFS build configuration Summary 119 Continuous feedback Knowing the state of your CI process ContinuousfeedbackwithCruiseControl.NET 122 The CCNet Web Dashboard 122* Gettingfeedback with CCTray 126 * Alternative feedback mechanisms with CCNet Continuous feedback with TeamCity 129 TeamCity web feedback 130 * The TeamCity Windows Tray Notifier 132 Alternative notifications with TeamCity Continuous feedback with Team Foundation Server 135 TFS tray notification the TFS website with TFS * Getting build details from 137* Alternative feedback mechanisms 5.5 Extending build notifications 139 Providing feedback via an LED message board 139 Providing feedback via SMS notifications Summary 142 Unit testing continuously integrated 6.1 Unit testing from a bird's-eye code 144 view First encounters with unit testing 146 The search for perfect unit test material 147 Testing with NUnit 149* Marrying NUnit with CruiseControl.NET 151 * Examining test coverage 154

5 xii CONTENTS 6.3 Microsoft unit testing framework 157 Creating unit tests the Microsoft way 157 * Testing on TFS * MSTest in non-tfs environment Summary 164 P^wAJRlT 2 jei^x.te1sidit»165 Performing integration, system, and acceptance testing Extending your CI test repertoire 168 Beyond unit tests in CI 169 * Involving the customer or domain expert in the CI testing process 171 * Right timing, right failing Up close and personal with integration tests in CI 173 Performing integration testing 173 * From mocking to integration testing Testing the user interface 180 Testing Windows Forms with White 180* Silverlight test automation 182 Testing a web application with Selenium 185 * Integrating UI tests into the CI process Acceptance testing with FitNesse 192 Preparing the FitNesse framework 192 FitNesse and CI Summary 197 Analyzing the code Analyzing object code with FxCop 200 Using Visual Studio Code Analysis 200 * Setting up continuous FxCop code analysis 203 * Integrating FxCop with CI servers Analyzing C# with StyleCop 209 Using StyleCop 209 * Continuous StyleCop analysis Custom FxCop and StyleCop rules 213 Developing a custom FxCop rule 214 * Developing a custom StyleCop rule 216 * Incorporating custom rules into the CI process Extending code analysis 218 Static analysis with NDepend duplication with TeamCity Summary * Analyzing code

6 xiii Part 3 Smooth and polish it 225 Generating documentation XML documentation 228 Common XML documentation tags 228 Formatting text in XML comments Sandcastle 233 Building 9.3 Summary 239 with Sandcastle 235 Sandcastle in CI 237 Deployment and delivery Creating an installer for your Windows application 241 Creating a Microsoft Installer package in Visual Studio 241 Continuously creating installation files Windows Installer XML toolset 244 Creating an installer using WiX 245 Automating WiX with CI ClickOnce deployment 248 Creating a ClickOnce deployment 248 ClickOnce in a CI scenario Web Deployment Tool 253 Visual Studio 2010 and MS Deploy 254 MS Deploy on the build server Summary 258 Continuous database integration What is continuous database integration? Rolling your own continuous database integration Continuous database maintenance with RoundhousE Continuous database maintenance with Visual Studio 266 Getting started with database projects 266 * Generating test data 268 Unit testing stored procedures 271 " Putting Visual Studio database maintenance into CI Summary 275

7 Extending continuous integration Speeding up CI Seven deadly sins of slow software builds Scaling 12.4 Legal 12.5 Maturity Making a build script drive * your build 279 Getting rid of build-script targets'side effects 279 * Multiplying updated files 279 Pass-based builds 280 * Output in the source directory 281 Monoliths 281 Bad dependencies 282 CI 282 Build-agent theory 282 * Scaling TeamCity 283 roadblocks 287 model for CI 288 Building 289 * Deploying 290 * Testing 291 Reporting Summary 293 index 295