Photo by Stephen P. Berczuk, © 2001.
1790s English-style barn. Union, Maine. October 2001.
This chapter provides a brief summary of patterns from other sources that we reference in this book.
This pattern was originally published in “A Generative Development Process Pattern Language” (Coplien 1995).
Intent: How frequently do you integrate? Stabilize system interfaces no more than once a week. Other software can be changed and integrated more frequently (summary is from The Pattern Almanac 2000 (Rising 2000)).
This pattern was originally published in “A Generative Development Process Pattern Language” (Coplien 1995).
Intent: How do you keep the changes from getting out of hand and contain the potential for errors in the build? At least daily, build the software, and perform a smoke test to determine that the software is still usable.