Foreword by Paul Julius

I have been hoping someone would get around to writing this book—sooner rather than later. Secretly, I always hoped it would be me. But I’m glad that Paul, Steve, and Andy finally pulled it all together into a cohesive, thoughtful treatise.

I have been knee-deep in Continuous Integration for what seems like forever. In March 2001, I cofounded and began serving as administrator for the CruiseControl open source project. At my day job, I consult at ThoughtWorks, helping clients structure, build, and deploy testing solutions using CI principles and tools.

Activity on the CruiseControl mailing lists really took off in 2003. I had the opportunity to read descriptions of thousands of different CI scenarios. The problems encountered ...

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