Keys to Success in Using the Daily Build and Smoke Test
Here are the keys to success in using daily builds:
Build every day.
Smoke test every day.
Grow the smoke test with the product. Be sure that the test remains meaningful as the product evolves.
Make a healthy build the project's top priority.
Take steps to ensure that broken builds are the exception rather than the rule.
Don't abandon the process under pressure.
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