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Aug 19, 2008, Software Builds

Have you heard about the Lindbergh baby?

It never ceases to amaze all the good press automated software builds get by SCM experts.

Maybe I was fortunate to start my career for the right software development organization, but I would never consider working for an organization that did not value the benefits of SCM and software build best practices.

I came across another front page article on CMCrossroads about how an SCM expert came to appreciate the value of commercial build and deployment tools.

My contention is that you can not consider yourself an SCM expert if you are or were not following SCM best practices. Especially, using manual build processes.

I realize that the author was probably writing this article for CMCrossroads to promote their sponsors, but none the less.

Have you ever heard of sliced bread....alert the media!

Jul 17, 2008, Automated Build Process

Automated Build Process - Automating your software build process is a fundamental step in maturing your software development process. The only way to accurately predict build results.

Jul 4, 2008, Circumventing Build Process

Circumventing Build Process happens for many reasons. For example, it can happen because someone decides schedule is more important than software quality. Another example, might be that the person m

May 30, 2008, Subversion 1.5 Rumor

The rumor on the street is the release candidate is going to hit the street this week.

Could this release have taken any longer? Probably not.

Seems like we have been waiting a year for this release.

May 19, 2008, Eclipse plugins for Maven 2.0

M2Eclipse and Q for Eclipse allow the running of Maven goals from Eclipse.

The output is viewable from inside the IDE.

M2Eclipse Features