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Continuous Integration Best Practices—Part 1

Continuous Integration Best Practices—Part 1

Continuous Integration is a leading software development methodology whereby new development is constantly being submitted and tested against the main body of work. The goal being rapid feedback on incremental changes, resulting in lower maintenance costs and higher...

The Difference Between Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery

The Difference Between Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery

If you've spent any significant amount of time in the world of DevOps and Agile software development practices, you've likely encountered the terms Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD). For several years, I've had these terms thrown around me...

Why Software Builds Fail and Areas for Improvement

Why Software Builds Fail and Areas for Improvement

In a recently published paper, researchers at Google examined the issue of failed software builds within their organization. Specifically, they wanted to address the separate questions of "How often do builds fail?", "Why do builds fail", and "How long does it take to...

Electric Commander: Transferring Homepage Settings Between Users

Electric Commander: Transferring Homepage Settings Between Users

The Electric Commander homepage allows you to bookmark links and job configurations for easy access. It's easy to add one or two, but if you have a lot of links and you want to share them with other users so that they have the same links as well, its a lot of work to...

SilkTest Integration with PTC Integrity Test Management

SilkTest Integration with PTC Integrity Test Management

Overview In this blog post and video, Carlos Almeida explains how to launch SilkTest Classic or Open Agent test cases from within PTC Integrity (now PTC Windchill RV&S).  Pass/Fail verdicts are automatically captured and reported within Integrity Test Session.Silk...

Electric Commander: Configuring an Alternate Plugins Directory

Electric Commander: Configuring an Alternate Plugins Directory

Electric Commander, now known as CloudBees CD, allows you to set up an alternate location for your plugins directory. This is a two step process and it's easy to forget the second step. If the second step is not done, the system can appear to still be functioning...

Getting Started with Electric Cloud’s ntest Tool

Getting Started with Electric Cloud’s ntest Tool

Electric Cloud (now known as CloudBees CD) has released an open-source tool called ec-testing for unit testing Electric Commander procedures. In this video below, David Hubbell demonstrates how to download the tool, set it up, and run example test cases....

What New iOS and Android Versions Teach Us About UI Design

What New iOS and Android Versions Teach Us About UI Design

Android L and iOS 8 are bringing big changes to their respective user interfaces, shaking up not only their visual appeal, but striving to change how users operate their devices. Sundar Pichai of Google has commented that L represents one of their "most comprehensive...