Move to continuous integration on the cloud

Abstract

As we enter a new era there is a need for new software innovations and as time passes the quality of that software should be improved as our understanding expands. Customers are continually creating demand for improved and more sophisticated software to be developed which is functional and practical to professional and personal lifestyles. To cater to the requirements of the customer, software developers are becoming sophisticated in their approach in developing more improved and technical software. New techniques are being created to improve the quality of the product and develop advanced software which will be applied to new practices and application tools. In this research the system of Continuous Integration will be studied to investigate how the production of software by companies can be improved after following a set of practices and tools. However, to meet the requirements of companies which handle multiplatform projects the use of updated technologies, such as Cloud computing technology is necessary. In conclusion, this research we will try to compile good practices, tools of continuous integration and list the advantages of cloud computing to deal with the very specific requirements of companies. A case will be made to prove that Cloud computing combined with continuous integrations improves the performance of a system by improving the resources management of the system itself.