Anvil Automated Builds
In the current state of software development, with projects becoming more and more complex, building, testing and releasing of software projects consumes an ever-increasing amount of time and resources.
Amen. That quote comes directly from AutomatedQA. They are the makers of Automated Build Studio (ABS), the tool that I used to create an automated build environment for Anvil.
I routinely get asked how we can manage the deployment of our software so effectively. With such a small company, people are surprised when they here that we automate a LOT of the daily tasks that are needed in building software, replacing the need for warm bodies that are typically used in software companies. These days I believe I have eliminated the need for a few employee positions with the use of automation. And that directly benefits the bottom line, since human resources is one of the biggest costs in a software company.
With the main pieces of technology now built for Anvil, I wanted to create an automated build environment so that during the beta I can consistently and constantly have daily builds available to my testers. So I decided to record a screencast introducing how I used ABS for Anvil, and how easy it is to set up.
Anvil Automated Builds Screencast [Flash ~21MB]