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Best Continuous Integration Tools In 2021
Continuous integration is the method of
computerizing the integration of code changes
from various contributors into a specific
software project. The continuous integration
method involves automatic tools that emphasize
the new codes correctness prior to integration.
A source code version control system is the core
of the continuous integration process. The
version control system is also accompanied with
additional checks such as syntax style review
tools, automated code quality tests, and much
more. 360Quadrants has comprehensively analyzed
and published some of the best continuous
integration tools providers to enable businesses
choose the continuous integration tools as per
their requirements. All these providers were
mapped on a quadrant prior to in-depth analysis
and evaluation on two broad categories, product
maturity, and company maturity. 360Quadrants also
provides an extensive SWOT analysis that allows
service providers to acquire knowledge about new
growth opportunities and areas of
improvement. Continuous Integration Tools Vendor
Evaluation 360Quadrants has assessed a total 17
companies offering Continuous Integration Tools,
which were evaluated, of which, the top
10companies were shortlisted and plotted on a
quadrant and identified as Visionary Leaders,
Innovators, Dynamic Differentiators, and Emerging
Leaders. CircleCI, Jenkins, Pantheon, Buddy, and
TeamCity Continuous Integration have been
identified as the Visionary Leaders in the
continuous integration tools space. Visionary
leaders generally have an extensive range of
product offerings and a strong global
presence. Bamboo, Chef, and AWS CodePipeline
Continuous Integration have been recognized as
Innovators in the continuous integration tools
space. Innovators are known to possess innovative
product portfolios and competitive business
strategies. CruiseControl has been identified as
an emerging player in the continuous integration
tools space. Emerging players are usually
growing players who have niche and competitive
product portfolios. Semaphore has been identified
as a Dynamic Differentiator in the continuous
integration tools space. Dynamic Differentiators
have niche product portfolios and strong business
strategies which help them grow
continuously. 360Quadrants Assessment A team of
experts comprising research analysts assesses the
top continuous integration tools vendors on
various evaluation criteria such as product
maturity, company maturity, and key insights from
industry experts and customers. Key factors
considered in product maturity are- product
offerings, type of deployment, key features
functionality, and support services. Key factors
in company maturity are- geographic
coverage,partner ecosystem, organic growth
strategies, and inorganic growth strategies such
as mergers acquisitions and partnerships
collaborations. Each parameter is assigned a
specific weightage as per its significance and
industry demand. Lastly, the vendor is rated
based on the parameters provided, and then a
patent-pending algorithm is processed, which then
systematically generates a quadrant.
Here are a few practices of the best continuous
integration tools process that will help you in
your pursuit of an easier . 1. Perform
integration testing before unit testingThis is
probably an unconventional process since most of
us have been trained that if you discover a
defect in the development cycle later, the
costlier it is to resolve. Thus, it is always
better to complete all the details before moving
on to the significant matters such as
integration testing.
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  • The challenge is that that claim was embedded in
    the waterfall development model, in which you did
    not move to the subsequent development until the
    existing phase was complete. Once you goon to
    agile development, however, the idea is not
    relevant. Agile enables you with the flexibility
    to make any changes in the business logic which
    are essential as you move along.
  • Avoid testing business logic with integration
    testingThis is the main purpose of unit tests.
    Mixing unit tests with integration tests can
    cause severe consequences on the time it requires
    to run your test suite. Unit tests are usually
    very quick, so they are run for each build
    generated in the CI environment.
  • As they aim for basic correctness of code,
    running them often is crucial to identify errors
    early on in business logic, so that the software
    developer who created the bug can resolve it
    immediately. Since integration tests take too
    much time to run, they should not be incorporated
    in every build cycle, but somewhat closer to a
    daily build.
  • Understand the difference between integration
    testing and unit testing There are many
    significant indications that help you easily
    differentiate an integration test from a unit
    test
  • Encapsulation Unit tests are well encapsulated
    and do not utilize external resources, on the
    other hand integration tests use extra
    components or structures such as the network,
    database, or file system.
  • Complexity Unit tests aim at small and different
    parts of the code, so that they are usually easy
    to write. On the other hand, integration tests
    are more complex, frequently requiring tooling,
    and setting up various infrastructures.
  • Test failure- When a unit test fails, there is a
    clear indication of a bug in the business logic
    of the code. But when an integration test fails,
    there is no need to check code that implements
    business logic the unit tests must clear out
    bugs at that level. It is highly probable that
    something has altered in the environment and
    needs to be tackled.
  • Maintain your testing suites separately
    Integration tests must not be run together with
    unit tests. Software developers working on the
    business logic in the code should run unit tests
    and obtain near-immediate feedback to make sure
    that they have not breached anything prior to
    committing code. If their test suite needs too
    much time and they are unable to wait for it to
    complete before committing code, they are
    expected to just stop running tests entirely
    (both, integration tests and unit tests). This
    also implies that the unit tests are not
    appropriately maintained, which can ultimately
    get you into a position where the attempt
    required to update your test suite with the code
    affects and leads to actual delays in delivery.
  • By maintaining your test suites separately, your
    developers can comfortably run the quick unit
    tests during development and prior to committing
    any code. The lengthy and monotonous integration
    tests should be kept set aside for the build
    server in a separate test suite that can be run
    less frequently.
  • Log extensively A unit test is known to have a
    certain scope and usually tests extremely minor
    pieces of your application, so when it fails, it
    is usually easy to know why and resolve the
    issue. On the other hand, integration tests are
    quite different. Their range may cover numerous
    software modules, not to mention various devices
    and hardware elements, in any functional flow.
    Thus, if an integration test fails, it could be
    much more complex to detect the cause.
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