Amazon EC2?

You could create 1,000 Windows machines and run 1,000 tests in parallel...
Robert Smithson | 07/10/17 - 11:21 am | #

We've found that the UI automation we do in our functional tests becomes unusably slow (VirtualPC) or very unreliable (VMWare) when run under virtualization.
Michael Foord | Homepage | 07/10/17 - 11:31 am | #

What do they use for virtualization at Amazon EC2?
Andrzej | Homepage | 07/10/17 - 11:53 am | #

Not sure - it could be worth trying I suppose.
Michael Foord | Homepage | 07/10/17 - 12:40 pm | #

Distributed version control? That way you can check in when you like. If something breaks when you merge then you can still go backwards. This is where distributed version control is good - it stops things from blocking you checking in.

As a bonus you can hack on things outside of your network - like on the train, or in the pub... if you have work sessions in the pub that is. Of course if you are coding in the pub, maybe you'll want more tests running.
Rene Dudfield | Homepage | 07/10/19 - 12:09 am | #

I'm interested in dsitributed version control - but a slow build is still a problem. I still want to be able to run all the tests and get feedback as quickly as possible. The distributed build solves this problem for us.

We pair on everything - so I can't take work onto the train or to the pub. Which is nice.
Michael Foord | Homepage | 07/10/19 - 12:33 am | #