Pragmatic Project Automation Book

	About the Starter Kit	ix
	Preface	xi
1	Introduction	1
1.1	Look Ma, No Hands!	1
1.2	Types of Automation	4
1.3	Questions About Automation	6
1.4	Road Map	9
2	One-Step Builds	11
2.1	Building Software Is Like Making Sausage	11
2.2	Choosing a Project Directory Structure	16
2.3	Making Your First Build	17
2.4	Building with Ant	20
2.5	Taste-Testing the Build	30
2.6	Cleaning Up	35
2.7	Scripting a Build	36
2.8	Getting an Early Start	40
3	Scheduled Builds	43
3.1	Scheduling Your First Build	44
3.2	Putting a Build on CruiseControl	47
3.3	Running CruiseControl	59
3.4	Publishing the Build Status	64
3.5	Scaling Up	69
4	Push-Button Releases	73
4.1	Releasing Early and Often	73
4.2	Preparing for Your First Release	74
4.3	Packaging the Release	80
4.4	Generating the Release	87
4.5	Tagging the Release	92
4.6	Handing Off the Release	94
4.7	Automating the Release Procedure	94
4.8	Generating Daily Distributions	96
5	Installation and Deployment	99
5.1	Delivering the Goods	99
5.2	Installing the Standard Distribution File	100
5.3	Troubleshooting by Phone	101
5.4	Troubleshooting with Diagnostic Tests	103
5.5	Enhancing Your Installed Image	109
5.6	Deploying Hosted Applications	117
5.7	Auto-Updating Installed Applications	122
6	Monitoring	127
6.1	Monitoring Scheduled Builds	127
6.2	Getting Feedback from Visual Devices	130
6.3	Monitoring Your Java Process	135
6.4	Checking Up on Your Web Application	136
6.5	Watching Log Files	138
6.6	Monitoring with log4j	140
6.7	Building Trip Wires with RSS	143
6.8	Monitoring Health with a Debug Command	145
6.9	Creating a Crash Report	146
6.10	3-2-1...	147
6.11	Automate!	149
A	Resources	151
A.1	On the Web	151
A.2	Bibliography	152
B	Pragmatic Project Automation: Summary	153