What this book covers

Chapter 1, Introduction, discusses CI and its basic practices. The idea is to be on the same page when we discuss CI in the rest of the book and when implementing various solutions using TeamCity as a CI server. This chapter will also provide a high-level introduction to TeamCity, its features, and how it compares with competing products, such as Jenkins and ThoughtWorks's Go.

Chapter 2, Installation, discusses the installation of TeamCity, the server, and the agent. The aim of this chapter is to get started with a basic installation of TeamCity that can be used to configure and run the builds in the upcoming chapters.

Chapter 3, Getting Your CI Up and Running, comes up with a complete CI setup. We will start with a brief introduction to version control systems and the important role they play in CI. We will then pick up a sample project and set up CI for it. After getting a fully functional CI setup, we will explore some fine-tuning options that we have at our disposal. In the process, we will learn about the TeamCity terms, features, and concepts involved.

Chapter 4, TeamCity for Java Projects, covers the specific features that TeamCity provides for setting up CI for Java projects.

Chapter 5, TeamCity for .NET Projects, introduces the various tools present in the .NET ecosystem and also TeamCity's integrations with these tools.

Chapter 6, TeamCity for Ruby Projects, explains the various tools involved in setting up CI for Ruby projects. We will be covering RVM, rbenv, bundler, rake, and RSpec. We will also look at how these tools come together and integrate with features provided by TeamCity.

Chapter 7, TeamCity for Mobile and Other Technologies, explains how TeamCity fares when it comes to mobile projects, specifically Android and iOS projects. We will also look at some plugins for TeamCity and how they extend TeamCity to provide first-class support for even more platforms such as Node.js.

Chapter 8, Integration with Other Tools, teaches how TeamCity provides integrations with various tools, with the aim of making CI and interacting with TeamCity, a seamless experience.

Chapter 9, TeamCity for a Member of the Team, discusses how a user of TeamCity can take advantage of the features provided by the web interface of TeamCity to achieve various tasks that are expected of them in a CI setup.

Chapter 10, Taking It a Level Up, explains some of the more advanced concepts in TeamCity. These concepts can improve the entire setup of TeamCity and aid in moving towards a better CI setup.

Chapter 11, Beyond CI – Continuous Delivery, teaches us to expand on the concept and explores how a CD setup can be achieved using TeamCity. First, we begin by looking at what CD is and why it is beneficial. Then, we look at how the Deployment Pipeline can be configured in TeamCity so as to achieve these benefits of CD.

Chapter 12, Making It Production Ready, explains some of the steps needed to make our TeamCity installation ready for the real world.