How to set up an automated mechanism to find build breaks?

Question

In a team where multiple people are working on same file or different files of the same solution it is quite natural that build break happens.. But how to have an automated mechanism where we can find build breaks?

Answer 1

I think you should take a look at continuous integration.

Answer 2

You have to build on an automated and regular basis. Have a look at build automation tools. This depends a little bit on the technologie you use, for us Hudson is fine (continuous integration is also a keyword for search). You can trigger a build every night or even every changeset in your repository. This should give you instant feedback on brocken builds.

Answer 3

Right now I am using Team city for the automated mechanism.. Whenever build break happens i will get email notification with the detailed compilation errors.. The technology which we use is .NET and the VCS we use is SVN.. Team City supports Java too..also it supports many VCS.. I just wanted to know is there any better software with more features?

Answer 4

Take a look at CI Factory to setup a CruiseControl.NET server. Then have everyone install CCTray and you can all get notifications of automated builds and see the current status.