I've been asked to set up yet another CruiceControl environment for yet another client. I realized that I've been using CC for years without really looking around for competitors. Is there anything else that's sprung up that does the job equally well or better for .Net apps?
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TeamCity is a very good CI server. (and the "Professional" edition is free)
I've been using it for over a year for building .NET projects, and I must say it's way better than CC.NET IMHO.
Strong points are:
- Very easy to configure (web based GUI)
- Distributed system (you can have several build agents on multiple machines to distribute the build process)
- Built-in support for many source control systems
- ... check the website. The product is awesome ...
Philippe Leybaert
2009-09-15 14:15:18
Can you elaborate?
JaredCacurak
2009-09-15 14:19:22
+1 for TeamCity, I was up and running in no time.
orip
2009-09-15 14:37:38
Also +1 for TeamCity. It's really great, works on all machines flawlessly (both Windows and Linux) and with all build systems and unit test frameworks we use here.
OregonGhost
2009-09-15 14:51:34
Another +1 for TeamCity. Switched from CC.NET to CC.rb to TeamCity. Tried a lot of competing products both free and commercial after CC.rb, TeamCity was the simplest while providing a lot of power.
segy
2009-09-30 14:56:56
its only free up to 20 projects
Steve
2010-01-21 09:48:00
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Bamboo is an alternative... it also is provided as part of a integrated toolset or cloud service. They include Subversion, Jira (task/bug logging), confluence (WIKI), and other coding tools - see the link.
The are available as a managed service or you can purchase the suite and run it internally. Their packages are extended to use a single sign on system and centrally administrated.
Tony Lambert
2009-09-15 14:18:49
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If you haven't seen it you might want to check out the Continuous Integration Feature Matrix which lists virtually ever CI server out there.
I work on the Java version of CruiseControl and these days I work for Urbancode who makes AnthillPro. From that perspective the right tool depends on the scope of what you're looking for. If you're just looking for fast feedback after a build lots of tools will work. If you're looking to setup a build grid then a there's a smaller group of tools. If you want to track dependencies between projects and deployments to multiple environments then you're in an even smaller group.
Jeffrey Fredrick
2009-09-15 14:32:46
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Why not MSBuild if you are building .Net projects? Do you have a TeamFoundationServer, if so, TeamFoundationBuild and MSbuild are a definite possibility.
Bart Janson
2009-09-30 14:49:16