![]() ![]() The interesting thing, for me, is that something that I started as something of a joke (it was April 1st after all) actually turned out to be a very useful tool in more ways than one. They are included in Mike Clark's excellent book Pragmatic Project Automation, and have recently received a fair amount of buzz on Slashdot. The original Java Lava Lamps have been glowing red and green for the past several months in our offices, and have achieved something of a cult status. One of these XFDs consists of a pair of Lava lamps (one green and one red) remotely connected to our build and test system in such a way that a successful build (all tests pass) turns on the green lava lamp, and a failed build (or failed tests) turns on the red one. The article was on a relatively serious subject: "How do you get your team to pay attention to the software/project status and metrics that you care about?", but one of my solutions for getting the team to pay attention was to "invent" and implement eXtreme Feedback Devices (XFDs) that would be very visible, fun, and hard to ignore. In the spirit of Java Lava Lamp build monitoring:Ī few months ago, on Apto be precise, I posted an article on eXtreme Feedback. Automated Continuous Integration and the BetaBrite LED Sign ![]()
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