As presented during a lightning talk at RubyConf 2008.

At work, we’ve got quite a few projects under continuous integration, running on CC.rb. The web status display is handy for checking up on build status, but it doesn’t look too good sitting there in a web browser up on a big screen TV in the office. So, I decided to learn Quartz Composer and do something about it.

Right, let’s see some screenshots!

A list of projects, all green. The display rotates through all of the projects:

Uh oh, a broken build!

Building:

When more than one project is broken, the display will cycle between just the broken or building projects until everything’s fixed.

Get the .qtz here: cc_status.qtz. To use it for your project, edit the global patch parameters to point to your cruise control server’s XmlStatusReport.aspx. I recommend this for the largest display you have available.

Send me an email if you’re using this!

Update: Wednesday Dec 03, 2008 #

My lightning talk at RubyConf 2008 is available at confreaks.

If you’d like to try this out without having cruise control installed, you can use the xml file I used in the demo:
test.xml. To change the state of a project, edit either the activity or lastBuildStatus values.