Introducing XP—XP Practice 8: Continuous Integration

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XP Practice 8: Continuous Integration

Most applications are complex and consist of many components and/or subsystems. These components need to be integrated to make the application whole. Unfortunately, in a traditional development process, integration of application components or subsystems happens late in the development life cycle—usually in an effort to overcome the unforeseen bottlenecks that occurred during the development phase. The end result is usually a nightmarish effort of trying to piece the application together at the last minute.

With continuous integration, you can address any integration issues early and can resolve these issues as they arise. In XP, you will be integrating every time code is checked into the source code repository.