Comments on: Eras of Continuous Integration http://www.build-doctor.com/2008/10/30/eras-of-continuous-integration/ Helping to deliver working software, one continuous integration build at a time Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:50:11 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Slava Imeshev http://www.build-doctor.com/2008/10/30/eras-of-continuous-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-224 Slava Imeshev Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:16:33 +0000 http://www.build-doctor.com/?p=143#comment-224 You might want to add our <a href="http://www.viewtier.com/products/parabuild/index.htm" rel="nofollow">Parabuild</a> to the list of production-grade Continuous Integration systems. It came to be after Anthill (Parabuild's first public release was in 2004) and long before TeamCity and Cruise. You might want to add our Parabuild to the list of production-grade Continuous Integration systems. It came to be after Anthill (Parabuild’s first public release was in 2004) and long before TeamCity and Cruise.

]]> By: Jeffrey Fredrick http://www.build-doctor.com/2008/10/30/eras-of-continuous-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-223 Jeffrey Fredrick Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:11:48 +0000 http://www.build-doctor.com/?p=143#comment-223 If CruiseControl is the parent of the current CI servers then <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/tinderbox/index.html" rel="nofollow">Tinderbox</a> is the grandparent! When I found CC I was intending to write a Tinderbox equivalent for Java... If CruiseControl is the parent of the current CI servers then Tinderbox is the grandparent!

When I found CC I was intending to write a Tinderbox equivalent for Java…

]]> By: Eric Minick http://www.build-doctor.com/2008/10/30/eras-of-continuous-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-222 Eric Minick Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:29:54 +0000 http://www.build-doctor.com/?p=143#comment-222 Definitely an interesting take. Naturally we agree with you on the direction of the space. The 2006 cut off is quite astute if we were to mark out two eras. We saw a huge company vaguely enter the space with the BuildForge acquisition in May and October looks like it marked both the TeamCity release and AnthillPro's shift from a single server build system to a more enterprise tool with the testing and deployment focus. I might argue that there are three eras. 1999-2001. 2001-2006. 2006+. It was really CruiseControl (and to some extent AnthillOS) that seemed to popularize the idea of CI servers and those popped up in 2001. Early 2002 saw the next wave of tools if memory serves. Also, keep in mind CI predates specialized tools designed to help it. Definitely an interesting take. Naturally we agree with you on the direction of the space.

The 2006 cut off is quite astute if we were to mark out two eras. We saw a huge company vaguely enter the space with the BuildForge acquisition in May and October looks like it marked both the TeamCity release and AnthillPro’s shift from a single server build system to a more enterprise tool with the testing and deployment focus.

I might argue that there are three eras. 1999-2001. 2001-2006. 2006+. It was really CruiseControl (and to some extent AnthillOS) that seemed to popularize the idea of CI servers and those popped up in 2001. Early 2002 saw the next wave of tools if memory serves.

Also, keep in mind CI predates specialized tools designed to help it.

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