This morning when I worked with the Team Build 2010 Beta 1 I found a very nice surprise. I work a lot with the Team Build and when I have a problem with the build I go to the log file, some of you that have encountered this “Monster” log file know that it is a “killer” for the eyeballs, it is a very long notepad file that lists all the steps made by the build engine and all the errors it has encountered. You can see very short example of such a log at the end of this post. So what is so exciting...
When I come to work with customers on builds first I ask where the build machine is. Most chances that I will get one of the following three answers: It is on my Team System server. It is on my computer. It is on one of the developers computer. All three situations are wrong when it comes to build machines. What is a good build machine and where to install it? My opinion is to put it on a “clean” computer that has no more then the minimum that is required for the compilation of the application and...