Chapter 6. Build Engineering in the ALM

Build engineering is the discipline of efficiently turning source code into binary executables. Build engineering can be as simple as running a Makefile or Ant script and as complicated as writing a full build framework to support the underlying technology architecture. In our book on configuration management best practices we discuss build engineering in depth. In this chapter, we discuss build engineering within the context of the agile ALM. I love build engineering and have always found it to be among the most challenging and rewarding roles within configuration management.

This chapter helps you understand the build within the context of application lifecycle management. We discuss essential aspects ...

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