Continuous Integration Tools

A craftsman who wishes to practice his craft well must sharpen his tools - Chinese Proverb

Selecting a CI tool is highly dependent on the environment, size, and functionality of the project.

Evaluate the required tool, based on its:

• Functionality (Essential and Extendable)
• Compatibility with your environment (supports current build configuration and existing version control, compiles the code language)
• Reliability
• Longevity (choose a tool with a healthy user base and established development group)
• Usability (easier to configure and use)

• Code compilation
• Component packaging
• Program execution
• File manipulation

• Development test execution
• Integration with Version control tool
• Document generation
• Deployment functionality
• Code quality analysis
• Extensibility to integrate plugins
• Multi-platform build support

• Build Execution
• Version control integration
• Build tool integration
• Feedback
• Build labeling

• Inter-project dependencies
• User Interface
• Artifact publication