November 2006 - Stelligent


Stelligent News		Test Early™ November 2006

Thanks to the feedback we've been receiving from our clients, speaking engagements, and the Test Early blog we will be featuring a monthly theme in each newsletter related to early software quality. We encourage your comments and questions as we use November to focus on Build Automation.

Let me start with a question: can you reliably produce your company's software assets anytime and anywhere? If you can't, is your build process a bottleneck or a missed opportunity to enforce early quality gates?

An automated and repeatable software build process is the most important activity a development team can perform. A reliable build process produces the only aspect of a software development process that matters to a business-- a working application.

Check out the Build Automation section below for more information and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us!

Lastly, I'm pleased to announce that I will be hosting a live online forum for IBM developerWorks this Friday, November 17th at 12:30 EST. The topic, Improve Your Java Code Quality, correlates with my "In pursuit of code quality" article series. This will be a valuable forum so plan on logging in!

Sincerely,

Andrew Glover
President, Stelligent Incorporated

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	Featured article: Continuous feedback Stelligent President hosting online code quality chat Is your software development process repeatable or reckless? Best Automation content on Test Early

Stelligent President hosting online code quality chat

Stelligent President and code quality expert, Andrew Glover will be hosting a live forum for IBM developerWorks this Friday, November 17th discussing code quality in your Java applications. Whether you're interested in developer testing or code metrics, stop by and join the chat!

Topic: Improve Your Java Code Quality
Date: November 17th, 2006
Time: 12:30 PM EST

To participate in the discussion you will need to register for an IBM ID.

Read more about the upcoming live forum!

Is your software development process repeatable or reckless?

An automated and repeatable software build process is the most important activity a development team can perform.

Are you able to reproduce reliable software assets anytime, anywhere, by anyone?
Are you able to verify core aspects of software quality like:
- complexity
- coverage
- code duplication
- dependency analysis

Ineffective software builds create inefficiencies within the software process that prohibit:

Effective test automation
The practice of Continuous Integration

and are missed opportunities to introduce automatic code inspections.

Our Build Automation service enhances your current build process, whether it is Ant, NAnt, MSBuild, Maven, Make or even custom scripts, to provide:

Early quality checks through the incorporation of:
- open source analytical tools that provide metrics on:
  - complexity
  - coupling
  - duplication
- automation of developer tests
Scalable binary dependency management
Promotion through auto-deployment to staging environments

Stelligent consultants work with existing build platforms enhancing the process for maximum efficiency. We focus on producing verified assets by anyone, anytime, and on any machine.

Best Automation content on Test Early

Build automation plays a vital role in software development and is an easy way to incorporate early quality gates throughout the development life-cycle.

Since the launch of Test Early, we have extensively explored this topic:

Whether you're implementing a manual, automated or hybrid build approach, you can find great tips to help heighten early software quality techniques in your organization at the Test Early blog.