Continuous integration is a software development practice where code changes are frequently integrated and tested to prevent integration issues. It aims to produce a working build as fast as possible. Continuous integration provides benefits like improved testing, more regular releases, better project visibility, and issues being detected earlier compared to approaches with less frequent integration and testing. Tools that can be used for continuous integration include source code management systems like Git, build tools like Maven, continuous integration servers like Jenkins, and automated testing tools.

1. A snapshot

2. Continuous Integration Overview
Continuous integration is an agile software development practice which
facilitates in integrating the software changes frequently, stabilizes the product
though auto building & self-testing builds, and uses rapid feedback to solve the
integration issues fast. The goal of continuous integration is to produce a
working build as fast as possible.
Trigger
Check In
Notification
Stakeholders
Staging
Production
CI Server
RepositoryDevelopers

3. Why Continuous Integration?
 Insufficient testing
 Slow Release process
 Poor Project visibility
 Inflexible code base
 Issues detected late
 Automated testing
 Regular release
 Better visibility
 Healthy code base
 Issues detected early
CI = Continuous Integration

4. CI Best Practice
 Maintain a single source repository
 Build should be automated and self-testing
 Everyone in team commits everyday
 Fix the broken build immediately
 Everyone can see what’s happening
 Automated deployment

5. CI/DevOps Tools
Function Tools
Source code Management Git, Github, SVN, Perforce, TFS
Build Tools Ant, Maven, Gradle, MSBuild
Code Quality Analysis Sonar, Coverity, Fortify
Continuous Integration Jenkins, TFS, TeamCity, Bamboo, CruiseControl
Automated Testing Selenium, Jmeter , Cucumber
Configuration Management Puppet, Chef, Ansible
Continuous Deployment Tool uDeploy, Liquibase
Continuous Monitoring Nagios, Hygieia, Splunk

6. http://solutionframework.blogspot.in/