Tools in the repository, continuous integration?

Regarding the tools:
With our projects at work, everything that does not require an install is checked into a tools or library folder. This would include tools such as nant, nunit etc.  Different projects may use different version of the tools, that's why we duplicate the tools in each project.  As far as size is concerned, we have huge (4-8gb) mass-spec data files for testing - our internal IT had asked us not to put these files into SVN - since they don't change.  We keep those on the network and have a nant task to synchronize the wc with the network.

So I'm wondering if we can't come up with a way to have absolutely everything you need to setup a build environment in only two places: either its part of TSVN repo, or it comes from "somewhere else", but a single location. [Note: I don't have really strong feelings about this; the current approach also works]

The build.txt file is good - we tend to have a bit less terse documents with screenshots in our build-guides.  Developers create the build-guide, and an independent internal IT person follows the steps to setup the build machine and create the end-install CD image - just to make sure that nothing was missed.
With TSVN, the build file and the instructions get peer-reviewed and changed when things don't work.

We also use continuous integration using cc.net - as soon as someone checks something in, a build gets started, and the results are accessible via a web page (including the nant output).  We also do automated code and architectural metrics and run unit tests and storytests (customer acceptance automated FIT tests).
I might be able to create an Azure VM to host such an automated build machine as part of my MSDN benefits. I would have to check with work first to see if that would be allowed,a and if this would incur any further costs.

I'm also thinking that the project needs a good unit testing framework for C++ that includes a visual test runner.  On the .net side, nUnit is pretty nice and a test runner is part of the resharper plugin for VS we use. Any suggestions for the best one to use?  Even though there is a lot of UI in TSVN, it is still possible to structure things in such a way to test the "view-model" logic automatically.  Stefan said there are some unit-tests for the Async stuff already - I have yet to take a look.

Best,

Friedrich

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Received on 2013-06-15 14:45:40 CEST