Hudson continuous integration in practice

Content: Machine generated contents note: pt. I Essential Knowledge --
1. Getting Started --
Installing Hudson --
Trying Hudson with the Easy Installation Method --
Installing Hudson as a Windows Service --
Installing Hudson to Start When a User Logs in to Mac OS X --
Installing Hudson Within Tomcat --
Installing Hudson on GNU/Linux --
Basic Hudson Configuration --
Your First Job: Back Everything Up --
Summary --
2. Hudson Precondition Primer --
Hudson in the Software Development Lifecycle --
Developer --
Tester --
Manager --
Architect --
Release Engineer --
Example: Orchestration of Roles Around Hudson --
Software Development as Marionette Theatre Production --
Development Platforms --
Software Configuration Management --
Builders --
Integrated Development Environments --
Eclipse --
Oracle JDeveloper --
Intellij IDEA --
NetBeans --
Testing Tools --
Soft Correctness Testing Tools --
Summary --
3. Basic Concepts --
Intermediate Hudson Configuration --
Adding Source Code Management (SCM) to Your Jobs --
Your Second Job: A Simple Java Program --
Your Third Job: A Simple Servlet --
Using the Plugin Center --
Your Fourth Job: Advanced Backup Options --
Hudson Authentication Security --
Adding Quality Assurance Systems --
Build Notifiers --
Configuring E-mail Server --
Configuring the Job to Send Build Status Message --
Summary --
pt. II Applying Hudson --
4. Hudson as a Continuous Integration Server --
What Is Continuous Integration? --
Setting Up the CI Environment --
Sherwood County Library --
Sherwood Library Software Components --
Source Code Management --
Build Automation --
Maven as an Automated Build Tool --
Speeding Up the Build --
Managing the Upstream --
Downstream Jobs Complexity --
Continuous Testing --
Types of Tests --
Viewing the Unit Test Results --
Test Result Trends --
Code Metrics and Code Coverage --
Continuous Feedback --
Extended E-mail Notification --
Continuous Delivery or Deployment --
Deploying a Java Application to an Applications Server --
Uploading Build Artifacts to Another Machine --
Executing Commands on a Remote Machine --
Summary --
5. Hudson and Automated Testing --
Containing Code and Code Under Test --
A Quick Tour of the Maven Build Lifecycle --
Quick Code Jumpstart: Simple Servlet Testing --
Automated Testing: Shields Up! --
The Software Lineup --
Who Writes the Tests? --
Kinds of Tests --
Unit and Component Testing with Arquillian in Hudson --
Hudson Automated Testing Tips --
Summary --
6. Hudson as Part of Your Tool Suite --
IDE Integration --
Creating a New Hudson Job Directly from a NetBeans Project --
Eclipse Hudson Integration --
IntelliJ IDEA Hudson Integration --
JDeveloper Hudson Integration --
Hudson Issue Tracker Integration --
Atlassian JIRA Integration --
Bugzilla Integration --
Other Issue Trackers --
Browser and Desktop Integration --
Browser Integration --
Desktop Integration --
Mobile Integration --
Publishing Build Artifacts from Hudson --
Artifact Repository --
Deploy to Container --
FTP Publisher Plugin --
Summary --
7. Distributed Building Using Hudson --
Master-Slave Mode --
Hudson Slaves --
Types of Slaves --
Adding a Slave Node to Hudson --
Adding an Unmanaged Slave via JNLP Launcher --
Adding an SSH-Based Managed Slave --
Distributing the Builds --
Managing Slaves --
Summary --
8. Basic Plugin Development --
Writing a HelloWorld Plugin --
Creating the Plugin Project --
Creating a Service Hook --
Building the Plugin --
Testing the Plugin --
HPI Tool --
Creating a Skeleton Plugin Project --
Building and Running the Plugin Project --
Testing the Skeleton Plugin --
Understanding the Hudson Plugin Framework --
What Is an Extension Point? --
Extending an Extension Point --
Examining the Sample Extension --
Modifying the Sample Extension --
Extension UI Configuration --
Configuration File Conventions --
Configuration UI Rendering --
Interaction Between UI and Model --
UI Validation --
Global UI Configuration --
Summary --
pt. III The Hudson Lifestyle --
9. Advanced Plugin Development --
Extending Various Aspects of Hudson Dashboards --
Creating a Custom Rendered Jobs Status View --
Using the Custom Rendered View --
Adding a Custom Column to the Default View --
Adding an Action to the Action Panel of the Main Dashboard --
Custom Decoration of Hudson Pages --
Extending Various Aspects of a Hudson Job --
Adding a Custom Notifier to a Job --
Adding a Custom Link to a Job Dashboard --
Creating a Custom Build Wrapper --
Summary --
10. Hudson Best Practices --
Manage the Hudson Resources Effectively --
Tune Memory --
Restrict Job History Depth --
Monitor the Disk Space --
Put Your Hudson Behind a Web Proxy --
Do Not Use Your Hudson as a File Server --
Periodically Back Up Your Hudson Contents --
Set Up a Fail-Safe Mode for Your Hudson --
Redundant Hudson Server Setup --
Monitoring Hudson Setup --
Server Switch on Failure --
Redirecting HTTP Traffic to a Redundant Server --
Scale Up the Security of Your Hudson --
Restrict Job Access to Certain Users --
Add Roles to the Authorization Matrix --
Upgrade Your Hudson Diligently --
Understand the Hudson Versioning Scheme --
Upgrade in a Sandbox First --
Summary --
pt. IV Appendixes --
A. Widely Used Hudson Plugins --
B. Personal Hudson Instance --
Hudson-as-Valet --
Optimal Hudson-as-Valet Setup --
Hudson for Work Area Maintenance --
The Open-Source Liaison Role --
The Committer Role --
Hudson as General-Purpose Scheduler --
Hudson Plot Plugin --
Summary --
C. Hudson for Windows Developers --
Key Enablers for Using Hudson on Non-Java Platforms --
Build Step --
Collect Results Step --
Hudson and the Windows Software Platform --
Hudson and Automated Testing on Windows.