In software development

Software development

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, CruiseControl.rb is a Ruby

Ruby (programming language)

Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general-purpose object-oriented programming language that combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalk-like features. Ruby originated in Japan during the mid-1990s and was first developed and designed by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto...

-based framework for a continuous build

Software build

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 process. It allows one to perform a continuous integration

Continuous integration

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 of a codebase in any language and on any platform.

CruiseControl.rb is free

Free software

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, open-source software

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, distributed under the Apache 2.0

Apache License

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 license. It was originally created by employees of ThoughtWorks

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 as a lightweight continuous integration

Continuous integration

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 framework that was easier to install, use and extend than open source alternatives that existed at that point in time.

Publicly visible CruiseControl.rb instances include the one used to integrate its own codebase, as well the instance used by the Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails

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project.