Monthly Archives: February 2008

What builds are set up on my Continuous Integration tool

Posted on February 29, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

On projects that I see, most are using a Continuous Integration tool. Many, however, still do not use those tools to their fullest. Here is what I typically set up on projects that I have control on.

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Skipping tests with Maven

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

The Maven Surefire page explains that -DskipTests and -Dmaven.test.skip=true can both be used to avoid running tests. If you use an old-ish version of Surefire (pre-2.4) or even if you use the latest version (2.4.2 as of February 21th, 2008), … Continue reading →

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Paris JUG is alive!

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

I was there! Last Tuesday, I witnessed the first meeting of the first Paris Java User Group. At long last, more than 10 years after the creation of the first JUGs, after the creation of dozens of JUGs at our … Continue reading →

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CITCON 2008: Register to Denver and Melbourne

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

CITCON, the conference on Continuous Integration & Testing, is coming to Denver, April 4 & 5. Seats are limited (but free!) and registration has been going briskly (probably the fastest of all CITCON events). Register now!

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Hudson in French

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

I have finally been able to make some progress towards translating Hudson in French. The latest version (1.181) will now display automatically in French if your web browser is appropriately configured.

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How to handle bugs in the Sprint Backlog

Posted on February 3, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

During the Scrum trainings I give at Valtech Training, I often get asked how the bugs should be estimated. Sometimes, the question is about various architecture tasks or GUI updates.

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