Hudson is an excellent open source, continuous integration server with a rich and rapidly evolving feature set. Targeted to developers, lead developers, and architects interested in implementing CI with Hudson or enhancing their existing CI setup, this session will focus on using Hudson's more advanced features to go from Continuous Integration to Continuous Quality and Continuous Deployment.

1. John Ferguson Smart
Principle Consultant
Wakaleo Consulting

2. Agenda
What will we cover today
Hudson
CI Basics
Notification
Strategies
Quality
metrics Build
promotions
Automated
deployment

3. So who is this guy, anyway?
John Ferguson Smart
Consultant, Trainer, Mentor, Author, Speaker

4. So who is this guy, anyway?
John Ferguson Smart
Consultant, Trainer, Mentor, Author,...

5. CI Fundamentals
What is Continuous Integration really about, anyway?
Faster
Feedback
Better
Visibility
Automated
Delivery

6. Introducing Hudson
So what is this Hudson thing?

7. Introducing Hudson
What makes Hudson so great?
Distributed
builds
Continuous
Integration
Reporting
Plugins
Easy to use

8. First Impressions
The Hudson dashboard
Starring:
Nested View Plugin

9. Working with version control
SCM integration and build triggers
Build

10. Notification
Use your imagination!
Hudson on Cocoa
Hudson Tray Application

11. Displaying test results
Test results and trends

12. Publishing stuff
Publishing HTML reports
Starring:
HTML Publisher Plugin

13. Automated Nexus deployment
Automated deployment to Nexus
WAR
1.0.1
WAR
1.0.1
Enterprise
Repository
CI build server

14. Code Quality Metrics
Code Quality Metrics in Hudson
Starring:
Violations Plugin
Cobertura Plugin
Sonar Plugin

15. Performance Metrics
Keeping tabs on performance
Starring:
Performance Plugin

16. Build Promotion
WARs are good for promotions
Starring:
Promoted Builds Plugin

17. Automated Maven Release
The Maven Release Process
Starring:
M2 Release Plugin

18. Automated Deployment
Deploying your apps
Starring:
Parameterized Build Plugin
Deploy To Container Plugin
SSH Plugin

19. Extreme Communication
Make your builds glow!
Starring:
Radiator View Plugin

20. Distributed Builds
Distributing your build jobs
Putting your builds on the cloud

21. Conclusion
“Do try this at home”

22. Resources
http://www.hudson-ci.org
“Continuous Integration with Hudson” - the book

23. Thanks for your attention
John Ferguson Smart
Email: john.smart@wakaleo.com
Web: http://www.wakaleo.com
Twitter: wakaleo