Article: Reducing the Impact of Broken Builds

The “build” is the current status of any software project, and as such reflects the health, vitality and progress of the project. In this article we first review some of the impacts of a broken build. Those already familiar with the negative impacts of broken builds may wish to skip this lead in. There follows an analysis of various techniques to reduce the frequency and impact of broken builds. These techniques vary from the optimistic to the preventative, and from lightweight to quite intensive.

Read the full article at zutubi.com.

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