This is a short article I wrote for the Devoxx conference, and which appeared in one of the Parlays magazines that was distributed during the conference. The Devoxx conference is a fantastic conference, the European equivalent to JavaOne - if you can ever get to attend one, do so!

The best way to integrate in a hurry is to have been doing it all along. This practice of continuous integration is greatly helped by automated tools to check out and build your team's code on a more or less constant basis. Apache Continuum offers a free and open source tool to do continuous integration; This article looks at how it works.

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Build Server Information radiators are an excellent, easy-to-implement way of getting people to pay attention to broken builds. But it pays to tailor them to your exact needs. This article is a short case study of how easy it is to set up an effective information radiator if you put your mind to it.

How to set up a Continuous Integration build job to compile and test your Grails application in Hudson, for automated continuous integration....

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