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, ensure build reproducibility and guarantee minimal development down time due to build issues is to fully automate the build process.

---

Using a secure and dedicated build server

• Eliminates unauthorized access to make changes in the server configuration
• Reduces the risk the creation of unknown build dependencies
• Reduces build time because the build is not fighting other processes and application for server resources

---

Building in a clean workspace

• Ensures no unexpected build or runtime dependencies are created

---

Fully Automate the Build Process

• Ensures repeatability and reproducibility of the build process
• Eliminates risk of human error in the build process

---

Daily full system builds

• Ensures that the full system is always in a build-able state

---

Set up Continuous Integration builds

• Protects that the Daily full system build will complete successfully
• Immediate success or failure feedback of developer check-ins
• On build completion, automate the deployment
• Run unit and smoke tests as part of your automation
• In addition to ensuring the system is in a build-able state, this ensures the system's runtime works

---

Following Software Build Best Practices helps ensure that your development environment is always in a state to build.

For more information about the benefits of Automated Build Process

---

Software Build Links

Build Automation

CruiseControl

Maven

Software Build

Software Build Best Practices

---

---