From 8f15552dece7382f40c52d6ef894100c6be2223e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markus Hausammann <markus.hausammann@cloud-solutions.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:55:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] make chapter topic based instead of product based

---
 _posts/09-05-01-Building your Application.md | 93 ++++----------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-)

diff --git a/_posts/09-05-01-Building your Application.md b/_posts/09-05-01-Building your Application.md
index 9dfab93..00273ee 100644
--- a/_posts/09-05-01-Building your Application.md	
+++ b/_posts/09-05-01-Building your Application.md	
@@ -7,71 +7,36 @@ isChild: true
 If you find yourself doing manual database schema changes or running your tests manually before updating your files 
 (manually), think twice! With every additional manual task needed to deploy a new version of your app, the chances for 
 potentially fatal mistakes increase. Whether you're dealing with a simple update, a comprehensive build process or even 
-a continuous integration strategy, build tools are your friend.
+a continuous integration strategy, [build automation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Build_automation) is your friend.
 
-### Phing - Deployment with XML and PHP
+Among the tasks you might want to automate are:
+
+* dependency management
+* compilation, minification of your assets
+* running tests
+* creation of documentation
+* packaging
+* deployment
+
+
+### Build Automation Tools
+
+Build tools can be described as a collection of scripts that handle common tasks of software deployment. The build tool 
+is not a part of your software, it acts on your software from 'outside'. 
 
 [Phing](http://www.phing.info/) is the easiest way to get started with automated deployment in the PHP world. 
 With Phing you can control your packaging, deployment or testing process from within a simple XML build file. 
 Phing provides a rich set of tasks usually needed to install or update a web app and can be extended 
 with additional custom tasks, written in PHP.
 
-Example of a Phing script (build.xml):
-
-{% highlight xml %}
-
-    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-    <project name="my-project" default="update">
-        <!-- Prompt for environment and load respective buld properties. -->
-        <propertyprompt propertyName="environment" defaultValue="development"
-                        promptText="What's the target environment (development, production)?" useExistingValue="true" />
-    
-        <property file="build/properties/${environment}.properties" />
-        
-        <!-- snip -->
-    
-        <target name="update">
-            <phingcall target="svn-update" />
-            <phingcall target="update-dependencies" />
-            <phingcall target="make-configuration" />
-            <phingcall target="migrate-database" />
-        </target>
-    
-        <target name="svn-update">
-            <trycatch property="error">
-                <try>
-                    <svnupdate todir="." />
-                </try>
-                <catch>
-                    <echo message="Svn update failed: ${error}" />
-                </catch>
-            </trycatch>
-        </target>
-    
-        <target name="update-dependencies">
-            <exec command="php composer.phar self-update" />
-            <exec command="php composer.phar update" />
-        </target>
-        
-        <!-- snip -->
-    
-    </project>
-
-{% endhighlight %}
-
-### Capistrano - The powerful Ruby alternative
-
 [Capistrano](https://github.com/capistrano/capistrano/wiki) is a system for *intermediate-to-advanced programmers* 
 to execute commands in a structured, repeatable way on one or more remote machines.
-
 It is pre-configured for deploying Ruby on Rails applications, however people are **successfully deploying PHP systems** 
 with it. Successful use of Capistrano depends on a working knowledge of Ruby and Rake.
 
 Dave Gardner's blog post [PHP Deployment with Capistrano](http://www.davegardner.me.uk/blog/2012/02/13/php-deployment-with-capistrano/) 
 is a good starting point for PHP developers interested in Capistrano.
 
-###Chef - Ruby based system integration framework
-
 [Chef](http://www.opscode.com/chef/) is more than a deployment framework, it is a very powerful Ruby based system 
 integration framework that doesn't just deploy your app but can build your whole server environment or virtual boxes.
 
@@ -93,34 +58,6 @@ done a great job of making continuous integration a reality even for small proje
 integration service for the open source community. It is integrated with GitHub and offers first class support for many 
 languages including PHP. 
 
-Example of a Travis CI build script:
-
-{% highlight yml %}
-
-    language: php
-    
-    # list any PHP version you want to test against
-    php:
-      # aliased to a recent 5.3.x version
-      - 5.3
-      # aliased to a recent 5.4.x version
-      - 5.4
-    
-    # optionally specify a list of environments, for example to test different RDBMS
-    env:
-      - DB=mysql
-      - DB=pgsql
-    
-    # execute any number of scripts before the test run, custom env's are available as variables
-    before_script:
-      - if [[ "$DB" == "pgsql" ]]; then psql -c "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS hello_world_test;" -U postgres; fi
-      - if [[ "$DB" == "pgsql" ]]; then psql -c "create database hello_world_test;" -U postgres; fi
-      - if [[ "$DB" == "mysql" ]]; then mysql -e "create database IF NOT EXISTS hello_world_test;" -uroot; fi
-    
-    script: phpunit --configuration phpunit_$DB.xml --coverage-text
-
-{% endhighlight %}
-
 Further reading:
 
 * [Continuous Integration with Jenkins](http://jenkins-ci.org/)