TeamCity 1 – CCNet 0

OK, so in my preliminary experiences I have to say that TeamCity is friggin awesome. It was amazing how simple it is to setup, and the features that come pre-installed are great. Effortless email notifications, build statistics including average build time and success rates, ability to monitor multiple projects in VSS — It’s [...]

Giving TeamCity another try…

Thanks to a comment from Eugene Petrenko, I decided TeamCity was worth another shot.  Everything I have heard has been positive, so I can’t let a little problem like not getting to my source control repository get in the way of continuous integration
Once again, I visited the TeamCity download site and read all [...]

TeamCity Install Experience

Well, my hopes for a streamlined CruiseControl.NET were not realized in my first attempt at installing the continuous integration server software.  My CCNet lava lamp server died on my last week so I needed to spin up a replacement.  This seemed like a good opportunity.
Although the installation was slick and simple, I feel as though [...]

TeamCity – A Better CCNet?

I have heard some buzz about a product from JetBrains called TeamCity.  Some very influential technologists such as Roy Osherove seem to like the capabilities, so it is definitely worth a look.  This looks like a good competitor to CruiseControl.NET, so I think I am going to give it a spin.  I’ll update the blog [...]

Monitoring multiple VSS projects in CruiseControl.NET

One of the most useful techniques I have found in working with CCNet and VSS is the ability to monitor multiple VSS project folders to trigger a build. Many times, you will find your solution structured such that monitoring a top level folder may not be the right level for triggering a build. [...]

VSS and CruiseControl.NET

Recently, a respected member of the .NET community asked for some “gotchas” when using SourceSafe with CruiseControl.NET. At first, I was thinking, “There really aren’t any. It is working fine for us” however when thinking back on the setup of the current infrastructure I recall there was some tweaking necessary to get things [...]

Houston TechFest 2007 — Is this thing on?

The Houston TechFest has come and gone in a flurry of activity that I would say was widely regarded as a success. There were, of course, a few v1.0 type glitches as to be expected from an inaugural event as large as this one. Nonetheless, for an event of this size to be coordinated so [...]

What doth good a tester make?

Most of what we do involves some iterative testing as we code.  Write a few lines – test to make sure it compiles.  Compile a few times — test based on your understanding of the desired functionality.  In everything we do, there are little testing steps built in.  Most of these have become second nature and [...]

Houston, we have a TechFest!

The Houston .NET Users Group (HDNUG) is organizing a day of technological banter at the University of Houston next month. The event has been coined the Houston TechFest and it is going to be held on August 25th (a Saturday).
This knowledge sharing experience is of particular interest to me because it will be my [...]