Build Automation System

A Build Automation System is a software development automation system that can support build automation (for software build tasks).

• Example(s):
  • make Framework.
  • ant Framework.
  • maven Framework.
  • sbt Framework.
  • Rake_(Software), CMake, MSBuild, Apache Ant, Apache Maven, Gradle.
  • …
• See: List of Build Automation Software, Software Package (Installation), Software Deployment, Release Notes, Artifact (Software Development), Continuous Integration, Configuration Management.

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References

2023

• (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Build_automation#Overview Retrieved:2023-6-22.
  • Historically, build automation was accomplished through makefiles. Today, there are two general categories of tools:

    Build-automation utility

    This includes utilities like Make, Rake, CMake, MSBuild, Ant, Maven or Gradle (Java) etc. Their primary purpose is to generate build artifacts through activities like compiling and linking source code.

    Build-automation servers

    These are general web based tools that execute build-automation utilities on a scheduled or triggered basis; a continuous integration server is a type of build-automation server.

  • Depending on the level of automation the following classification is possible:
    • Makefile - level
      • Make-based tools
      • Non-Make-based tools
    • Build script (or Makefile) generation tools
    • Continuous-integration tools
    • Configuration-management tools
    • Meta-build tools or package managers.
    • Other
  • A software list for each can be found in list of build automation software.

2014

• (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/build_automation Retrieved:2014-1-13.
  • Template:Software development process

    Build automation is the act of scripting or automating a wide variety of tasks that software developers do in their day-to-day activities including things like:

    • compiling computer source code into binary code
    • packaging binary code
    • running tests
    • deployment to production systems
    • creating documentation and/or release notes

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