CI Factory
CI Factory was an open-source accelerator for setting up Continuous Integration (CI) systems. It automated the tedious process of configuring build servers, source control hooks, and testing infrastructure – reducing CI setup time from days to under an hour.
Key Features
- Automated setup of CruiseControl.NET build server
- Pre-configured NAnt build scripts with reusable packages
- Integration with Visual SourceSafe, Subversion, and other SCM tools
- Built-in support for MbUnit, NUnit, and MSTest
- Static analysis integration (NDepend, FxCop, Simian)
- Async task execution for faster builds
Demonstrations
- dnrTV Screencast with Scott Hanselman – Setting up CI Factory on a totally fresh machine
- Building CI in an Hour with Phil Haack