
Triggers:: - Build and test software earlier, more frequently, and more consistently
- Eliminate broken builds and isolate defects before they affect others
- Gain real-time visibility into code quality and stability
- Provide transparency and accountability for your development teams
Gauntlet™ is a continuous build and test automation system that improves software quality and developer productivity by proactively building and testing code, isolating defects, and reporting on key development metrics. It works transparently with existing version control systems to continuously analyze changes, promoting code to the main line only if it builds successfully and passes all gating tests. Virtual sandboxes confine problematic code until fixed, eliminating broken builds and limiting the impact of defects on other developers.The Gauntlet dashboard provides visibility and historical context for the entire development team, with both real-time snapshots and time series analysis of metrics like build performance, test results, code coverage, and project activity. Gauntlet also offers an open plug-in interface for custom and 3rd party tests, enabling users to automate anything from simple source code analyzers like FindBugs or CheckStyle, to complex security vulnerability detection or license compliance enforcement solutions.
Please note that the current trial download for Gauntlet is an early access release, to give developers a sneak peak at the technology and an opportunity to begin evaluating it early. A trial version of the official Gauntlet product will be available later this year.


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Continuous integration | Reduce costs by detecting defects early; speed time-to-market by compressing development cycles | Continuous test | Increase confidence with frequent testing and measurement | Dashboards | Improve visibility with real-time views and historical trends of key development statistics, including comprehensive test and code coverage data | Datamart | Enable business intelligence for development with automatic collection and storage of fine-grained metrics (including per-developer activity and results) | Replay | Import data from an existing version control repository and automatically build and test each change to analyze past project history | Sandboxing and code promotion | Improve productivity by isolating defects and eliminating broken builds before they impact others | Plugin ecosystem | Ensure application and enforcement of a wide range of policies and best practices through 3rd party integrations and open source plugins (or easily integrate your own custom tools) | Open, modular architecture | Easily integrate your own custom tests or analysis tools |
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