The Role of Binary Repositories in Software Configuration Management

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Broadcast Date: On Demand
Duration: One hour

Speakers:
Jeffrey Fredrick, Technical Evangelist, Urbancode, Inc.
Eric Minick, Lead Consultant, Urbancode, Inc.
Bob Aiello, Editor-in-Chief, CM Crossroads

How confident are you with the content of what you are about to release? Do you know every change since the last release? Can you reproduce the release at will? Many of the teams we meet struggle with these fundamental issues of Software Configuration Management.

The most successful teams solve these problems by leveraging a binary repository or — in ITIL terminology — a Definitive Software Library (DSL). By providing an authoritative source for release artifacts, a well-managed binary repository can help address issues of compliance, traceability, and audit. Combined with dependency management, a binary repository provides a valuable starting point for impact and risk analysis.

But the benefit of using a binary repository is also felt earlier in the software-development lifecycle: By enabling effective component-based development, a binary repository can enable faster build times, facilitate more efficient collaboration between teams, and reduce the learning curve for new developers.

For software-configuration-management professionals who are concerned with audits or improving the efficiency of the software-development lifecycle, Eric Minick and Jeffrey Fredrick invite you to join them for this presentation where they will address:

• traditional approaches to controlling binary artifacts, including their shortcomings;
• essential elements of well-managed binary repository and inter-project dependency management; as well as
• patterns for adopting a binary repository and implementing dependency management.

About the Presenters:

Jeffrey Fredrick,
Technical Evangelist,
Urbancode, Inc.

Jeffrey Fredrick is a 17-year veteran of the software industry with a mission to change the way software is created. From his varied career Jeffrey brings the perspective of having performed and managed virtually every role in the software development lifecycle including stints as VP of Engineering and VP of Product Management. A founding member of the JBuilder development team, an early adopter of XP and Agile software development, 8 years of leading continuous integration efforts, Jeffrey has consistently been at the forefront of the industry. Jeffrey is an experienced speaker and trainer on development techniques and process, having spoken at Gartner Application Development Summits, JavaPolis, Software Development Best Practices, EclipseCon, Better Software, STeP-In Summit, and JaSST. He is currently indulging his passion for improving how software is made as a Technical Evangelist at Urbancode, as the Co-Organizer of the Continuous Integration and Testing Conference (CITCON), and as the top committer for CruiseControl.

Eric Minick,
Lead Consultant,
Urbancode, Inc.

Eric Minick is a Lead Consultant at Urbancode where he helps customers get the most out of their build and release processes with AnthillPro. He has 7 years of automation experience throughout the application life-cycle in roles as a developer, test automation engineer, and support engineer. Eric has been at the forefront of continuous integration for 5+ years and has worked on all three generations of Urbancode’s Anthill.

About the Sponsor:

Urbancode is the technical leader in build and release management solutions since 2001.  AnthillPro offers the only complete Enterprise Continuous Integration platform to get your builds and deployments under control. Replace manual script-driven bottlenecks with web-based self-service automation. Provide agility & control in harmony with fast feedback and audit trails. Customers in the financial, banking, insurance, software and high-tech industries achieve end-to-end automation using .NET, Java, and/or native technologies. Urbancode's unique products integrate with SCM, issue tracking, change management, test automation and IDE tools. Founded in 1996, Urbancode is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.