TeamCity
TeamCity is a continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) server developed by JetBrains. It provides a comprehensive set of tools and features to automate the build, test, and deployment processes, ensuring high-quality software delivery.
Key Features
Build Management
Build Configurations: Allows creating and managing multiple build configurations for different projects.
Build Agents: Supports distributed build agents to parallelize and speed up the build process.
Build Triggers: Provides various triggers to start builds automatically based on changes in the version control system, schedule, or other conditions.
Version Control Integration
VCS Support: Integrates with various version control systems including Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, Subversion, Mercurial, and Perforce.
Change Tracking: Tracks changes in the version control system and associates them with builds.
Branch Management: Supports building and testing code from different branches.
Testing and Quality Assurance
Test Integration: Integrates with popular testing frameworks like JUnit, TestNG, NUnit, and more.
Test Reporting: Provides detailed test reports and statistics.
Code Coverage: Supports code coverage tools to measure the extent of code tested.
Deployment
Deployment Pipelines: Allows creating deployment pipelines to automate the deployment process.
Artifact Management: Manages build artifacts and dependencies.
Environment Configuration: Supports configuring different environments for deployment.
Build and Release Automation
Build Scripts: Supports various build scripts and tools including Maven, Gradle, Ant, MSBuild, and more.
Build Parameters: Allows defining and using build parameters to customize the build process.
Build History: Maintains a history of builds with detailed logs and artifacts.
Monitoring and Reporting
Build Status: Provides real-time build status and notifications.
Build Metrics: Offers metrics and dashboards to monitor build performance and quality.
Custom Reports: Allows creating custom reports to track specific metrics and KPIs.
Security and Permissions
User Management: Supports managing users and groups with different roles and permissions.
Access Control: Provides fine-grained access control to secure build configurations and projects.
Audit Logs: Maintains audit logs for tracking changes and activities.
Integration and Extensibility
Plugins: Supports a wide range of plugins to extend functionality.
REST API: Provides a REST API for integrating with other tools and systems.
Custom Scripts: Allows running custom scripts as part of the build process.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Build Performance
Build Time: Average time taken to complete builds.
Build Success Rate: Percentage of successful builds.
Build Queue Time: Average time builds spend in the queue before starting.
Code Quality
Test Coverage: Percentage of code covered by automated tests.
Test Success Rate: Percentage of successful tests.
Code Inspections: Number of code inspections passed.
Deployment Efficiency
Deployment Time: Average time taken to deploy builds.
Deployment Success Rate: Percentage of successful deployments.
Rollback Frequency: Number of rollbacks performed due to deployment issues.
Collaboration
Commit Frequency: Number of commits made to version control systems.
Merge Conflicts: Number of merge conflicts encountered and resolved.
Pull Requests: Number of pull requests created, reviewed, and merged.
User Satisfaction
User Feedback: Ratings and feedback from developers using TeamCity.
Adoption Rate: Percentage of teams adopting TeamCity in their workflow.
Support Requests: Number of support requests and resolution time.
TeamCity is designed to enhance productivity and code quality for development teams, offering a comprehensive set of tools and features tailored to the needs of modern CI/CD processes.