Continuous Integration is one of the buzzwords most people have probably heard of but surprisingly few are actually following this XP best practice.

Keeping this in mind, I'll begin this tutorial by briefly describing what Continuous Integration actually means, why you should consider doing it, and finally, showing step by step how to do it using one of the most used Continuous Integration products, the open source CruiseControl developed by a bunch of ThoughtWorkers.

Author: Lasse Koskela
Published: JavaRanch, September 2004