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Updated Wiki: Home

PandaWood — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:12:14 GMT

Cradiator is a Windows (WPF) app that displays a summary of Continuous Integration (CI) project statuses. It is basically an Information Radiator for CI. Cradiator currently supports Cruise Control (Java, .Net, Ruby) and Team City (using our Cradiator TeamCity plugin)

The source code for Cradiator is now being hosted on GitHub

Cradiator is most suited to display on a dedicated monitor where it is visible to developers working on a project.
There are various screen layouts or skins to choose from:

Stack Skin

Also showing is a countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing (shown here as "00:03") - this can be switched off.

Grid Skin

StackPhoto Skin

Shows an image alongside a broken project (based on the breaker's username). Only 1 breaker is shown.

Color Chart

Color	Status
Green	Success/Normal
Red	Failure/Exception/Error
Yellow	Building
White	Unknown

Cradiator is a continuation (or "fork") of Ben Carey's BigVisibleCruise at GoogleCode.
NB all the important features below were added to Cradiator and are not found in BigVisibleCruise. The conversion to Cradiator also included a significant refactoring - extreme separation of concerns (SRP), reduction of assemblies, C#3 features etc

Important Features

Shows breakers of a build (if broken) or the volunteer to fix the build (for CCNet requires 1.4.3 or greater)
New skin (StackPhoto)
Filter by Category (in addition to Project Name)
Show progress/status when making connection to Cruise server (configurable)
Color gradients for visual appeal
Wav files can be played on specific events (currently 'NewlyBrokenBuild' and 'NewlyFixedBuild')
Speech synthesis - Cradiator says which build is broken (handy for those with sore necks who can't check the big screen) - uses SAPI support on Windows. The text to say and the voice itself is configurable - so you can Download your own voices
Show a Countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing status
Added a Debug-mode facility to allow developers to replace the Cruise Web Service XML with their own XML - handy for UI testing/experimentation and screenshot/demos
Configuration changes:
An app restart is not required for settings to take effect
Config file can even be edited while the app is running (ie is 'watched' for changes and applied immediately or at the next refresh interval)
Settings dialog (for people with text-editor phobias)
Logging (using log4net) - can be configured via app.config
MultiUrl - Combine multiple projects or servers into one screen (view) by specifying multiple URLs (space-delimited)
MultiView - Is your monitor not big enough to display all your projects? Split your projects between separate "views". A view is the combination of URL, Skin and project filters. When more than 1 view is set, each one is shown on a rotation cycle every poll interval (default 30 seconds)
- For example, if you have 12 projects, you can set 2 views which show only 6 each

Cradiator requires .Net3.5 installed (currently no check for this in the installer)

Updated Wiki: Home

PandaWood — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:32:27 GMT

Stack Skin

Also showing is a countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing (shown here as "00:03") - this can be switched off.

Grid Skin

StackPhoto Skin

Shows an image alongside a broken project (based on the breaker's username). Only 1 breaker is shown.

Color Chart

Color	Status
Green	Success/Normal
Red	Failure/Exception/Error
Yellow	Building
White	Unknown

Important Features

Shows breakers of a build (if broken) or the volunteer to fix the build (for CCNet requires 1.4.3 or greater)
New skin (StackPhoto)
Filter by Category (in addition to Project Name)
Show progress/status when making connection to Cruise server (configurable)
Color gradients for visual appeal
Wav files can be played on specific events (currently 'NewlyBrokenBuild' and 'NewlyFixedBuild')
Speech synthesis - Cradiator says which build is broken (handy for those with sore necks who can't check the big screen) - uses SAPI support on Windows. The text to say and the voice itself is configurable - so you can Download your own voices
Show a Countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing status
Added a Debug-mode facility to allow developers to replace the Cruise Web Service XML with their own XML - handy for UI testing/experimentation and screenshot/demos
Configuration changes:

An app restart is not required for settings to take effect
Config file can even be edited while the app is running (ie is 'watched' for changes and applied immediately or at the next refresh interval)

Settings dialog (for people with text-editor phobias)
Logging (using log4net) - can be configured via app.config

Cradiator requires .Net3.5 installed (currently no check for this in the installer)

Updated Wiki: Home

PandaWood — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:43:59 GMT

Cradiator is a Windows (WPF) app that displays a summary of Continuous Integration (CI) project statuses. It is basically an Information Radiator for CI. Cradiator currently supports Cruise Control (Java, .Net, Ruby) and Team City (using our Cradiator TeamCity plugin)

Cradiator is most suited to display on a dedicated monitor where it is visible to developers working on a project.
There are various screen layouts or skins to choose from:

Stack Skin

Also showing is a countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing (shown here as "00:03") - this can be switched off.

Grid Skin

StackPhoto Skin

Shows an image alongside a broken project (based on the breaker's username). Only 1 breaker is shown.

Color Chart

Color	Status
Green	Success/Normal
Red	Failure/Exception/Error
Yellow	Building
White	Unknown

Important Features

Shows breakers of a build (if broken) or the volunteer to fix the build (for CCNet requires 1.4.3 or greater)
New skin (StackPhoto)
Filter by Category (in addition to Project Name)
Show progress/status when making connection to Cruise server (configurable)
Color gradients for visual appeal
Wav files can be played on specific events (currently 'NewlyBrokenBuild' and 'NewlyFixedBuild')
Speech synthesis - Cradiator says which build is broken (handy for those with sore necks who can't check the big screen) - uses SAPI support on Windows. The text to say and the voice itself is configurable - so you can Download your own voices
Show a Countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing status
Added a Debug-mode facility to allow developers to replace the Cruise Web Service XML with their own XML - handy for UI testing/experimentation and screenshot/demos
Configuration changes:

An app restart is not required for settings to take effect
Config file can even be edited while the app is running (ie is 'watched' for changes and applied immediately or at the next refresh interval)

Settings dialog (for people with text-editor phobias)
Logging (using log4net) - can be configured via app.config

Cradiator requires .Net3.5 installed (currently no check for this in the installer)

Updated Wiki: Home

PandaWood — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:47:15 GMT

Cradiator is a Windows (WPF) app that displays a summary of Continuous Integration (CI) project statuses. It is basically an Information Radiator for CI.
Cradiator currently supports Cruise Control (Java, .Net, Ruby) and Team City (using our Cradiator TeamCity plugin)

Cradiator is most suited to display on a dedicated monitor where it is visible to developers working on a project.
There are various screen layouts or skins to choose from:

Stack Skin

Also showing is a countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing (shown here as "00:03") - this can be switched off.

Grid Skin

StackPhoto Skin

Shows an image alongside a broken project (based on the breaker's username). Only 1 breaker is shown.

Color Chart

Color	Status
Green	Success/Normal
Red	Failure/Exception/Error
Yellow	Building
White	Unknown

Important Features

Shows breakers of a build (if broken) or the volunteer to fix the build (for CCNet requires 1.4.3 or greater)
New skin (StackPhoto)
Filter by Category (in addition to Project Name)
Show progress/status when making connection to Cruise server (configurable)
Color gradients for visual appeal
Wav files can be played on specific events (currently 'NewlyBrokenBuild' and 'NewlyFixedBuild')
Speech synthesis - Cradiator says which build is broken (handy for those with sore necks who can't check the big screen) - uses SAPI support on Windows. The text to say and the voice itself is configurable - so you can Download your own voices
Show a Countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing status
Added a Debug-mode facility to allow developers to replace the Cruise Web Service XML with their own XML - handy for UI testing/experimentation and screenshot/demos
Configuration changes:

An app restart is not required for settings to take effect
Config file can even be edited while the app is running (ie is 'watched' for changes and applied immediately or at the next refresh interval)

Settings dialog (for people with text-editor phobias)
Logging (using log4net) - can be configured via app.config

Cradiator requires .Net3.5 installed (currently no check for this in the installer)

Updated Wiki: Home

PandaWood — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:32:15 GMT

Cradiator is a Windows app that displays a summary of Continuous Integration (CI) eg Cruise Control project statuses.
It is basically an Information Radiator for CI - currently supports Cruise Control (all implementations - Java, .Net, .rb) and TeamCity (with plugin included)

Cradiator is most suited to display on a dedicated monitor where it is visible to developers working on a project.
There are various screen layouts or skins to choose from:

Stack Skin

Also showing is a countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing (shown here as "00:03") - this can be switched off.

Grid Skin

StackPhoto Skin

Shows an image alongside a broken project (based on the breaker's username). Only 1 breaker is shown.

Color Chart

Color	Status
Green	Success
Red	Broken (Failure or Exception)
Yellow	Building
White	Unknown

Important Features

Shows breakers of a build (if broken) or the volunteer to fix the build (for CCNet requires 1.4.3 or greater)
New skin (StackPhoto)
Filter by Category (in addition to Project Name)
Show progress/status when making connection to Cruise server (configurable)
Color gradients for visual appeal
Wav files can be played on specific events (currently 'NewlyBrokenBuild' and 'NewlyFixedBuild')
Speech synthesis - Cradiator says which build is broken (handy for those with sore necks who can't check the big screen) - uses SAPI support on Windows. The text to say and the voice itself is configurable - so you can Download your own voices
Show a Countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing status
Added a Debug-mode facility to allow developers to replace the Cruise Web Service XML with their own XML - handy for UI testing/experimentation and screenshot/demos
Configuration changes:

An app restart is not required for settings to take effect
Config file can even be edited while the app is running (ie is 'watched' for changes and applied immediately or at the next refresh interval)

Settings dialog (for people with text-editor phobias)
Logging (using log4net) - can be configured via app.config

Cradiator requires .Net3.5 installed (currently no check for this in the installer)

Updated Wiki: Home

PandaWood — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:31:09 GMT

Stack Skin

Also showing is a countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing (shown here as "00:03") - this can be switched off.

Grid Skin

StackPhoto Skin

Shows an image alongside a broken project (based on the breaker's username). Only 1 breaker is shown.

Color Chart

Color	Status
Green	Success
Red	Broken (Failure or Exception)
Yellow	Building
White	Unknown

Important Features

Shows CurrentMessage - which is the breakers of a build (if broken) or the volunteer to fix the build (for CCNet requires 1.4.3 or greater)
New skin (StackPhoto)
Filter by Category (in addition to Project Name)
Show progress/status when making connection to Cruise server (configurable)
Color gradients for visual appeal
Wav files can be played on specific events (currently 'NewlyBrokenBuild' and 'NewlyFixedBuild')
Speech synthesis - Cradiator says which build is broken (handy for those with sore necks who can't check the big screen) - uses SAPI support on Windows. The text to say and the voice itself is configurable - so you can Download your own voices
Show a Countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing status
Added a Debug-mode facility to allow developers to replace the Cruise Web Service XML with their own XML - handy for UI testing/experimentation and screenshot/demos
Configuration changes:

An app restart is not required for settings to take effect
Config file can even be edited while the app is running (ie is 'watched' for changes and applied immediately or at the next refresh interval)

Settings dialog (for people with text-editor phobias)
Logging (using log4net) - can be configured via app.config

Cradiator requires .Net3.5 installed (currently no check for this in the installer)

Updated Wiki: Home

PandaWood — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:33:01 GMT

Cradiator is a Windows app that displays a summary of Continuous Integration (CI) eg Cruise Control project statuses.
It is basically an Information Radiator for CI - currently supports Cruise Control (all implementations - Java, .Net, .rb) and we've just created a plugin for TeamCity to create output that Cradiator can read (to be included shortly)

Cradiator is most suited to display on a dedicated monitor where it is visible to developers working on a project.
There are various screen layouts or skins to choose from:

Stack Skin

Also showing is a countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing (shown here as "00:03") - this can be switched off.

Grid Skin

StackPhoto Skin

Shows an image alongside a broken project (based on the breaker's username). Only 1 breaker is shown.

Color Chart

Color	Status
Green	Success
Red	Broken (Failure or Exception)
Yellow	Building
White	Unknown

Important Features

Shows CurrentMessage - which is the breakers of a build (if broken) or the volunteer to fix the build (for CCNet requires 1.4.3 or greater)
New skin (StackPhoto)
Filter by Category (in addition to Project Name)
Show progress/status when making connection to Cruise server (configurable)
Color gradients for visual appeal
Wav files can be played on specific events (currently 'NewlyBrokenBuild' and 'NewlyFixedBuild')
Speech synthesis - Cradiator says which build is broken (handy for those with sore necks who can't check the big screen) - uses SAPI support on Windows. The text to say and the voice itself is configurable - so you can Download your own voices
Show a Countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing status
Added a Debug-mode facility to allow developers to replace the Cruise Web Service XML with their own XML - handy for UI testing/experimentation and screenshot/demos
Configuration changes:

An app restart is not required for settings to take effect
Config file can even be edited while the app is running (ie is 'watched' for changes and applied immediately or at the next refresh interval)

Settings dialog (for people with text-editor phobias)
Logging (using log4net) - can be configured via app.config

Cradiator requires .Net3.5 installed (currently no check for this in the installer)

Updated Wiki: Home

PandaWood — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:29:17 GMT

Cradiator is a Windows app that displays a summary of Continuous Integration (CI) eg Cruise Control project statuses.
It is basically an Information Radiator for CI - currently supports Cruise Control (all implementations - Java, .Net, .rb) and we've just created a plugin for TeamCity to create output that Cradiator can read (to be included shortly)

Cradiator is most suited to display on a dedicated monitor where it is visible to developers working on a project.
There are various screen layouts or skins to choose from:

Stack Skin

Also showing is a countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing (shown here as "00:03") - this can be switched off.

Grid Skin

StackPhoto Skin

Shows an image alongside a broken project (based on the breaker's username). Only 1 breaker is shown.

Color Chart

Color	Status
Green	Success
Red	Broken (Failure or Exception)
Yellow	Building
White	Unknown

Cradiator is a continuation (or "fork") of Ben Carey's BigVisibleCruise at GoogleCode. NB all the important features below were added to Cradiator and are not found in BigVisibleCruise.

Important Features

Shows CurrentMessage - which is the breakers of a build (if broken) or the volunteer to fix the build (for CCNet requires 1.4.3 or greater)
New skin (StackPhoto)
Filter by Category (in addition to Project Name)
Show progress/status when making connection to Cruise server (configurable)
Color gradients for visual appeal
Wav files can be played on specific events (currently 'NewlyBrokenBuild' and 'NewlyFixedBuild')
Speech synthesis - Cradiator says which build is broken (handy for those with sore necks who can't check the big screen) - uses SAPI support on Windows. The text to say and the voice itself is configurable - so you can Download your own voices
Show a Countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing status
Added a Debug-mode facility to allow developers to replace the Cruise Web Service XML with their own XML - handy for UI testing/experimentation and screenshot/demos
Configuration changes:

restart no longer required for settings to take effect
Config file can be edited while the app is running (ie is 'watched' for changes and applied immediately or at the next refresh interval)
Names simplified (eg "30" instead of "00:00:30" for Poll Frequency "Grid" instead of "LiveUniformStatus")

Fixed TODO issues - such as the small memory leak with application resources
Usability enhancements to Settings dialog (positioning/text/look/feel etc)
Logging is implemented (using log4net) - can be configured via app.config
More exceptions are handled to protect developers from obscure messages (and they're logged)
Refactoring - design changes, extreme separation of concerns (SRP), reduction of assemblies, C#3 features

Cradiator requires .Net3.5 installed (currently no check for this in the installer)

Updated Wiki: Home

PandaWood — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:27:06 GMT

Cradiator is a Windows app that displays a summary of Continuous Integration (CI) eg Cruise Control project statuses.
It is basically an Information Radiator for CI - currently supports Cruise Control (all implementations - Java, .Net, .rb) and we've just created a plugin for TeamCity to create output that Cradiator can read (to be included shortly)

Cradiator is most suited to display on a dedicated monitor where it is visible to developers working on a project.
There are various screen layouts or skins to choose from:

Stack Skin

Also showing is a countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing (shown here as "00:03") - this can be switched off.

Grid Skin

StackPhoto Skin

Shows an image alongside a broken project (based on the breaker's username). Only 1 breaker is shown.

Color Chart

Color	Status
Green	Success
Red	Broken (Failure or Exception)
Yellow	Building
White	Unknown

Cradiator is a continuation (or "fork") of Ben Carey's BigVisibleCruise at GoogleCode. NB all the important features below were added to Cradiator and are not found in BigVisibleCruise.

Important Features

Shows CurrentMessage - which is the breakers of a build (if broken) or the volunteer to fix the build (for CCNet requires 1.4.3 or greater)
New skin (StackPhoto)
Filter by Category (in addition to Project Name)
Show progress/status when making connection to Cruise server (configurable)
Color gradients for visual appeal
Wav files can be played on specific events (currently 'NewlyBrokenBuild' and 'NewlyFixedBuild')
Speech synthesis - Cradiator says which build is broken (handy for those with sore necks who can't check the big screen) - uses SAPI support on Windows. The text to say and the voice itself is configurable - so you can Download your own voices
Show a Countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing status
Added a Debug-mode facility to allow developers to replace the Cruise Web Service XML with their own XML - handy for UI testing/experimentation and screenshot/demos
Configuration changes:
restart no longer required for settings to take effect
Config file can be edited while the app is running (ie is 'watched' for changes and applied immediately or at the next refresh interval)
Names simplified (eg "30" instead of "00:00:30" for Poll Frequency "Grid" instead of "LiveUniformStatus")
Fixed TODO issues - such as the small memory leak with application resources
Usability enhancements to Settings dialog (positioning/text/look/feel etc)
Logging is implemented (using log4net) - can be configured via app.config
More exceptions are handled to protect developers from obscure messages (and they're logged)
Refactoring - design changes, extreme separation of concerns (SRP), reduction of assemblies, C#3 features

Cradiator requires .Net3.5 installed (currently no check for this in the installer)

Updated Wiki: Home

PandaWood — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:21:53 GMT

Cradiator is a Windows app that displays a summary of Continuous Integration (CI) eg Cruise Control project statuses.
It is basically an Information Radiator for CI - currently supports Cruise Control (all implementations - Java, .Net, .rb) and we've just created a plugin for TeamCity to create output that Cradiator can read (to be included shortly)

Cradiator is most suited to display on a dedicated monitor where it is visible to developers working on a project.
There are various screen layouts or skins to choose from:

Stack Skin

Also showing is a countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing (shown here as "00:03") - this can be switched off.

Grid Skin

StackPhoto Skin

Shows an image alongside a broken project (based on the breaker's username). Only 1 breaker is shown.

Color Chart

Color	Status
Green	Success
Red	Broken (Failure or Exception)
Yellow	Building
White	Unknown

Cradiator is a continuation (or "fork") of Ben Carey's BigVisibleCruise at GoogleCode

What's new in in Cradiator

Added showing of CurrentMessage - which is the breakers of a build (if broken) or the volunteer to fix the build (for CCNet requires 1.4.3 or greater)
Added a new skin (StackPhoto)
Filter by Category (in addition to Project Name)
Show progress/status when making connection to Cruise server (configurable)
Color gradients for visual appeal
Wav files can be played on specific events (currently 'NewlyBrokenBuild' and 'NewlyFixedBuild')
Speech synthesis - Cradiator says which build is broken (handy for those with sore necks who can't check the big screen) - uses SAPI support on Windows. The text to say and the voice itself is configurable - so you can Download your own voices
Show a Countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing status
Added a Debug-mode facility to allow developers to replace the Cruise Web Service XML with their own XML - handy for UI testing/experimentation and screenshot/demos
Configuration changes:

restart no longer required for settings to take effect
Config file can be edited while the app is running (ie is 'watched' for changes and applied immediately or at the next refresh interval)
Names simplified (eg "30" instead of "00:00:30" for Poll Frequency "Grid" instead of "LiveUniformStatus")

Fixed TODO issues - such as the small memory leak with application resources
Usability enhancements to Settings dialog (positioning/text/look/feel etc)
Logging is implemented (using log4net) - can be configured via app.config
More exceptions are handled to protect developers from obscure messages (and they're logged)
Refactoring - design changes, extreme separation of concerns (SRP), reduction of assemblies, C#3 features

Cradiator requires .Net3.5 installed (currently no check for this in the installer)

Updated Wiki: Home

PandaWood — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:21:07 GMT

Cradiator (formerly BigVisibleCruise2) is a Windows app that displays a summary of Continuous Integration (CI) eg Cruise Control project statuses.
It is basically an Information Radiator for CI - currently supports Cruise Control (all implementations - Java, .Net, .rb) and we've just created a plugin for TeamCity to create output that Cradiator can read (to be included shortly)

Cradiator is most suited to display on a dedicated monitor where it is visible to developers working on a project.
There are various screen layouts or skins to choose from:

Stack Skin

Also showing is a countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing (shown here as "00:03") - this can be switched off.

Grid Skin

StackPhoto Skin

Shows an image alongside a broken project (based on the breaker's username). Only 1 breaker is shown.

Color Chart

Color	Status
Green	Success
Red	Broken (Failure or Exception)
Yellow	Building
White	Unknown

Cradiator is a continuation (or "fork") of Ben Carey's BigVisibleCruise at GoogleCode

What's new in in Cradiator

Added showing of CurrentMessage - which is the breakers of a build (if broken) or the volunteer to fix the build (for CCNet requires 1.4.3 or greater)
Added a new skin (StackPhoto)
Filter by Category (in addition to Project Name)
Show progress/status when making connection to Cruise server (configurable)
Color gradients for visual appeal
Wav files can be played on specific events (currently 'NewlyBrokenBuild' and 'NewlyFixedBuild')
Speech synthesis - Cradiator says which build is broken (handy for those with sore necks who can't check the big screen) - uses SAPI support on Windows. The text to say and the voice itself is configurable - so you can Download your own voices
Show a Countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing status
Added a Debug-mode facility to allow developers to replace the Cruise Web Service XML with their own XML - handy for UI testing/experimentation and screenshot/demos
Configuration changes:

restart no longer required for settings to take effect
Config file can be edited while the app is running (ie is 'watched' for changes and applied immediately or at the next refresh interval)
Names simplified (eg "30" instead of "00:00:30" for Poll Frequency "Grid" instead of "LiveUniformStatus")

Fixed TODO issues - such as the small memory leak with application resources
Usability enhancements to Settings dialog (positioning/text/look/feel etc)
Logging is implemented (using log4net) - can be configured via app.config
More exceptions are handled to protect developers from obscure messages (and they're logged)
Refactoring - design changes, extreme separation of concerns (SRP), reduction of assemblies, C#3 features

Cradiator requires .Net3.5 installed (currently no check for this in the installer)

Updated Wiki: Home

PandaWood — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:20:16 GMT

Cradiator (formerly BigVisibleCruise2) is a Windows app that displays a summary of Continuous Integration (CI) eg Cruise Control project statuses.
It is basically an Information Radiator for CI - currently supports Cruise Control (all implementations - Java, .Net, .rb) and we've just created a plugin for TeamCity to create output that Cradiator can read (to be included shortly)

Cradiator is well suited to display on a dedicated monitor where it is visible to developers working on a project.
There are various screen layouts or skins to choose from:

Stack Skin

Also showing is a countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing (shown here as "00:03") - this can be switched off.

Grid Skin

StackPhoto Skin

Shows an image alongside a broken project (based on the breaker's username). Only 1 breaker is shown.

Color Chart

Color	Status
Green	Success
Red	Broken (Failure or Exception)
Yellow	Building
White	Unknown

Cradiator is a continuation (or "fork") of Ben Carey's BigVisibleCruise at GoogleCode

What's new in in Cradiator

Added showing of CurrentMessage - which is the breakers of a build (if broken) or the volunteer to fix the build (for CCNet requires 1.4.3 or greater)
Added a new skin (StackPhoto)
Filter by Category (in addition to Project Name)
Show progress/status when making connection to Cruise server (configurable)
Color gradients for visual appeal
Wav files can be played on specific events (currently 'NewlyBrokenBuild' and 'NewlyFixedBuild')
Speech synthesis - Cradiator says which build is broken (handy for those with sore necks who can't check the big screen) - uses SAPI support on Windows. The text to say and the voice itself is configurable - so you can Download your own voices
Show a Countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing status
Added a Debug-mode facility to allow developers to replace the Cruise Web Service XML with their own XML - handy for UI testing/experimentation and screenshot/demos
Configuration changes:

restart no longer required for settings to take effect
Config file can be edited while the app is running (ie is 'watched' for changes and applied immediately or at the next refresh interval)
Names simplified (eg "30" instead of "00:00:30" for Poll Frequency "Grid" instead of "LiveUniformStatus")

Fixed TODO issues - such as the small memory leak with application resources
Usability enhancements to Settings dialog (positioning/text/look/feel etc)
Logging is implemented (using log4net) - can be configured via app.config
More exceptions are handled to protect developers from obscure messages (and they're logged)
Refactoring - design changes, extreme separation of concerns (SRP), reduction of assemblies, C#3 features

Cradiator requires .Net3.5 installed (currently no check for this in the installer)

Updated Wiki: Home

PandaWood — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:24:18 GMT

Cradiator (formerly BigVisibleCruise2) is a Windows application that displays a summary of Cruise Control project statuses.
It is basically an Information Radiator for Cruise Control (all implementations - Java, .Net, .rb).

Cradiator is well suited to display on a dedicated monitor where it is visible to developers working on a project.
There are various screen layouts or skins to choose from:

Stack Skin

Also showing is a countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing (shown here as "00:03") - this can be switched off.

Grid Skin

StackPhoto Skin

Shows an image alongside a broken project (based on the breaker's username). Only 1 breaker is shown.

Color Chart

Color	Status
Green	Success
Red	Broken (Failure or Exception)
Yellow	Building
White	Unknown

Cradiator is a continuation (or "fork") of Ben Carey's BigVisibleCruise at GoogleCode

What's new in in Cradiator

Added showing of CurrentMessage - which is the breakers of a build (if broken) or the volunteer to fix the build (for CCNet requires 1.4.3 or greater)
Added a new skin (StackPhoto)
Filter by Category (in addition to Project Name)
Show progress/status when making connection to Cruise server (configurable)
Color gradients for visual appeal
Wav files can be played on specific events (currently 'NewlyBrokenBuild' and 'NewlyFixedBuild')
Speech synthesis - Cradiator says which build is broken (handy for those with sore necks who can't check the big screen) - uses SAPI support on Windows. The text to say and the voice itself is configurable - so you can Download your own voices
Show a Countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing status
Added a Debug-mode facility to allow developers to replace the Cruise Web Service XML with their own XML - handy for UI testing/experimentation and screenshot/demos
Configuration changes:

restart no longer required for settings to take effect
Config file can be edited while the app is running (ie is 'watched' for changes and applied immediately or at the next refresh interval)
Names simplified (eg "30" instead of "00:00:30" for Poll Frequency "Grid" instead of "LiveUniformStatus")

Fixed TODO issues - such as the small memory leak with application resources
Usability enhancements to Settings dialog (positioning/text/look/feel etc)
Logging is implemented (using log4net) - can be configured via app.config
More exceptions are handled to protect developers from obscure messages (and they're logged)
Refactoring - design changes, extreme separation of concerns (SRP), reduction of assemblies, C#3 features

Cradiator requires .Net3.5 installed (currently no check for this in the installer)

Updated Wiki: Home

PandaWood — Sun, 31 May 2009 10:47:10 GMT

Stack Skin

Also showing is a countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing (shown here as "00:03") - this can be switched off.

Grid Skin

StackPhoto Skin

Shows an image alongside a broken project (based on the breaker's username). Only 1 breaker is shown.

Color Chart

Color	Status
Green	Success
Red	Broken (Failure or Exception)
Yellow	Building
White	Unknown

Cradiator is a continuation (or "fork") of Ben Carey's BigVisibleCruise at GoogleCode

What's new in in Cradiator

Added showing of CurrentMessage - which is the breakers of a build (if broken) or the volunteer to fix the build (for CCNet requires 1.4.3 or greater)
Added a new skin (StackPhoto)
Filter by Category (in addition to Project Name)
Show progress/status when making connection to Cruise server (configurable)
Color gradients for visual appeal
Wav files can be played on specific events (currently 'NewlyBrokenBuild' and 'NewlyFixedBuild')
Speech synthesis - Cradiator says which build is broken (handy for those with sore necks who can't check the big screen) - uses SAPI support on Windows. The text to say and the voice itself is configurable - so you can Download your own voices
Show a Countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing status
Added a Debug-mode facility to allow developers to replace the Cruise Web Service XML with their own XML - handy for UI testing/experimentation and screenshot/demos
Configuration changes:

restart no longer required for settings to take effect
Config file can be edited while the app is running (ie is 'watched' for changes and applied immediately or at the next refresh interval)
Names simplified (eg "30" instead of "00:00:30" for Poll Frequency "Grid" instead of "LiveUniformStatus")

Fixed TODO issues - such as the small memory leak with application resources
Usability enhancements to Settings dialog (positioning/text/look/feel etc)
Refactoring - design changes, extreme separation of concerns (SRP), reduction of assemblies, C#3 features

Cradiator requires .Net3.5 installed (currently no check for this in the installer)

Updated Wiki: Home

PandaWood — Sat, 30 May 2009 10:41:57 GMT

Stack Skin

Also showing is a countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing (shown here as "00:03") - this can be switched off.

Grid Skin

StackPhoto Skin

Shows an image alongside a broken project (based on the breaker's username).
Only 1 breaker is shown - rather than all subsequent breakers, as in Stack Skin (this ensures a more compact layout)

Color Chart

Color	Status
Green	Success
Red	Broken (Failure or Exception)
Yellow	Building
White	Unknown

Cradiator is a continuation (or "fork") of Ben Carey's BigVisibleCruise at GoogleCode

What's new in in Cradiator

Added showing of CurrentMessage - which is the breakers of a build (if broken) or the volunteer to fix the build (for CCNet requires 1.4.3 or greater)
Added a new skin (StackPhoto)
Filter by Category (in addition to Project Name)
Show progress/status when making connection to Cruise server (configurable)
Color gradients for visual appeal
Wav files can be played on specific events (currently 'NewlyBrokenBuild' and 'NewlyFixedBuild')
Speech synthesis - Cradiator says which build is broken (handy for those with sore necks who can't check the big screen) - uses SAPI support on Windows. The text to say and the voice itself is configurable - so you can Download your own voices
Show a Countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing status
Added a Debug-mode facility to allow developers to replace the Cruise Web Service XML with their own XML - handy for UI testing/experimentation and screenshot/demos
Configuration changes:

restart no longer required for settings to take effect
Config file can be edited while the app is running (ie is 'watched' for changes and applied immediately or at the next refresh interval)
Names simplified (eg "30" instead of "00:00:30" for Poll Frequency "Grid" instead of "LiveUniformStatus")

Fixed TODO issues - such as the small memory leak with application resources
Usability enhancements to Settings dialog (positioning/text/look/feel etc)
Refactoring - design changes, extreme separation of concerns (SRP), reduction of assemblies, C#3 features

Cradiator requires .Net3.5 installed (currently no check for this in the installer)

Updated Wiki: Home

PandaWood — Sat, 30 May 2009 10:39:14 GMT

Stack Skin

Also showing is a countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing (shown here as "00:03") - this can be switched off.

Grid Skin

StackPhoto Skin

Shows an image alongside a broken project (based on the breaker's username).
Only 1 breaker is shown - rather than all subsequent breakers, as in Stack Skin (this ensures a more compact layout)

Color Chart

Color	Status
Green	Success
Red	Broken (Failure or Exception)
Yellow	Building
White	Unknown

Cradiator is a continuation (or "fork") of Ben Carey's BigVisibleCruise at GoogleCode

What's new in in Cradiator

Added showing of CurrentMessage - which is the breakers of a build (if broken) or the volunteer to fix the build (for CCNet requires 1.4.3 or greater)
Added a new skin (StackPhoto)
Filter by Category (in addition to Project Name)
Show progress/status when making connection to Cruise server (configurable)
Color gradients for visual appeal
Wav files can be played on specific events (currently 'NewlyBrokenBuild' and 'NewlyFixedBuild')
Speech synthesis - Cradiator says which build is broken (handy for those with sore necks who can't check the big screen) - uses SAPI support on Windows. The voice is configurable, so you can Download your own voices
Show a Countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing status
Added a Debug-mode facility to allow developers to replace the Cruise Web Service XML with their own XML - handy for UI testing/experimentation and screenshot/demos
Configuration changes:

restart no longer required for settings to take effect
Config file can be edited while the app is running (ie is 'watched' for changes and applied immediately or at the next refresh interval)
Names simplified (eg "30" instead of "00:00:30" for Poll Frequency "Grid" instead of "LiveUniformStatus")

Fixed TODO issues - such as the small memory leak with application resources
Usability enhancements to Settings dialog (positioning/text/look/feel etc)
Refactoring - design changes, extreme separation of concerns (SRP), reduction of assemblies, C#3 features

Cradiator requires .Net3.5 installed (currently no check for this in the installer)

Updated Wiki: Home

PandaWood — Sat, 30 May 2009 10:37:08 GMT

Stack Skin

Also showing is a countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing (shown here as "00:03") - this can be switched off.

Grid Skin

StackPhoto Skin

Shows an image alongside a broken project (based on the breaker's username).
Only 1 breaker is shown - rather than all subsequent breakers, as in Stack Skin (this ensures a more compact layout)

Color Chart

Color	Status
Green	Success
Red	Broken (Failure or Exception)
Yellow	Building
White	Unknown

Cradiator is a continuation (or "fork") of Ben Carey's BigVisibleCruise at GoogleCode

What's new in in Cradiator

Added showing of CurrentMessage - which is the breakers of a build (if broken) or the volunteer to fix the build (for CCNet requires 1.4.3 or greater)
Added a new skin (StackPhoto)
Filter by Category (in addition to Project Name)
Show progress/status when making connection to Cruise server (configurable)
Color gradients for visual appeal
Wav files can be played on specific events (currently 'NewlyBrokenBuild' and 'NewlyFixedBuild')
Speech synthesis - Cradiator says which build is broken (handy for those with sore necks who can't check the big screen) - uses SAPI support on Windows. The voice is configurable, so you can Download your own voices
Show a Countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing status
Added a Debug-mode facility to allow developers to replace the Cruise Web Service XML with their own XML - handy for UI testing/experimentation and screenshot/demos
Configuration changes:

restart no longer required for settings to take effect
Config file can be edited while the app is running (ie is 'watched' for changes and applied immediately or at the next refresh interval)
Names simplified (eg "30" instead of "00:00:30" for Poll Frequency "Grid" instead of "LiveUniformStatus")

Fixed TODO issues - such as the small memory leak with application resources
Usability enhancements to Settings dialog (positioning/text/look/feel etc)
Refactoring - design changes, extreme separation of concerns (SRP), reduction of assemblies, C#3 features - I believe the code is simpler and easier to modify

Cradiator requires .Net3.5 installed (currently no check for this in the installer)

Updated Wiki: Home

PandaWood — Sat, 30 May 2009 10:28:41 GMT

Stack Skin

Also showing is a countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing (shown here as "00:03") - this can be switched off.

Grid Skin

StackPhoto Skin

Shows an image alongside a broken project (based on the breaker's username).
Only 1 breaker is shown - rather than all subsequent breakers, as in Stack Skin (this ensures a more compact layout)

Color Chart

Color	Status
Green	Success
Red	Broken (Failure or Exception)
Yellow	Building
White	Unknown

Cradiator is a continuation (or "fork") of Ben Carey's BigVisibleCruise at GoogleCode

What's new in in Cradiator

Added showing of CurrentMessage - which is the breakers of a build (if broken) or the volunteer to fix the build (for CCNet requires 1.4.3 or greater)
Added a new skin (StackPhoto)
Color gradients for visual appeal
Wav files can be played on specific events (currently 'NewlyBrokenBuild' and 'NewlyFixedBuild')
Speech synthesis - Cradiator says which build is broken (handy for those with sore necks who can't check the big screen) - uses SAPI support on Windows. The voice is configurable, so you can Download your own voices
Show a Countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing status
Added a Debug-mode facility to allow developers to replace the Cruise Web Service XML with their own XML - handy for UI testing/experimentation and screenshot/demos
Configuration changes:

restart no longer required for settings to take effect
Config file can be edited while the app is running (ie is 'watched' for changes and applied immediately or at the next refresh interval)
Names simplified (eg "30" instead of "00:00:30" for Poll Frequency "Grid" instead of "LiveUniformStatus")

Fixed TODO issues - such as the small memory leak with application resources
Usability enhancements to Settings dialog (positioning/text/look/feel etc)
Refactoring - design changes, extreme separation of concerns (SRP), reduction of assemblies, C#3 features - I believe the code is simpler and easier to modify

Cradiator requires .Net3.5 installed (currently no check for this in the installer)

Updated Wiki: Home

PandaWood — Sat, 30 May 2009 10:28:09 GMT

Stack Skin

Also showing is a countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing (shown as "00:05") - this can be switched off.

Grid Skin

StackPhoto Skin

Shows an image alongside a broken project (based on the breaker's username).
Only 1 breaker is shown - rather than all subsequent breakers, as in Stack Skin (this ensures a more compact layout)

Color Chart

Color	Status
Green	Success
Red	Broken (Failure or Exception)
Yellow	Building
White	Unknown

Cradiator is a continuation (or "fork") of Ben Carey's BigVisibleCruise at GoogleCode

What's new in in Cradiator

Added showing of CurrentMessage - which is the breakers of a build (if broken) or the volunteer to fix the build (for CCNet requires 1.4.3 or greater)
Added a new skin (StackPhoto)
Color gradients for visual appeal
Wav files can be played on specific events (currently 'NewlyBrokenBuild' and 'NewlyFixedBuild')
Speech synthesis - Cradiator says which build is broken (handy for those with sore necks who can't check the big screen) - uses SAPI support on Windows. The voice is configurable, so you can Download your own voices
Show a Countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing status
Added a Debug-mode facility to allow developers to replace the Cruise Web Service XML with their own XML - handy for UI testing/experimentation and screenshot/demos
Configuration changes:

restart no longer required for settings to take effect
Config file can be edited while the app is running (ie is 'watched' for changes and applied immediately or at the next refresh interval)
Names simplified (eg "30" instead of "00:00:30" for Poll Frequency "Grid" instead of "LiveUniformStatus")

Fixed TODO issues - such as the small memory leak with application resources
Usability enhancements to Settings dialog (positioning/text/look/feel etc)
Refactoring - design changes, extreme separation of concerns (SRP), reduction of assemblies, C#3 features - I believe the code is simpler and easier to modify

Cradiator requires .Net3.5 installed (currently no check for this in the installer)

Updated Wiki: Home

PandaWood — Sun, 24 May 2009 13:56:06 GMT

Stack Skin

Also showing is a countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing (eg 00:05) - this can be switched off.

Grid Skin

StackPhoto Skin

Shows an image alongside a broken project (based on the breaker's username).
Only 1 breaker is shown - rather than all subsequent breakers, as in Stack Skin (this ensures a more compact layout)

Color Chart

Color	Status
Green	Success
Red	Broken (Failure or Exception)
Yellow	Building
White	Unknown

Cradiator is a continuation (or "fork") of Ben Carey's BigVisibleCruise at GoogleCode

What's new in in Cradiator

Added showing of CurrentMessage - which is the breakers of a build (if broken) or the volunteer to fix the build (for CCNet requires 1.4.3 or greater)
Added a new skin (StackPhoto)
Color gradients for visual appeal
Wav files can be played on specific events (currently 'NewlyBrokenBuild' and 'NewlyFixedBuild')
Speech synthesis - Cradiator says which build is broken (handy for those with sore necks who can't check the big screen) - uses SAPI support on Windows. The voice is configurable, so you can Download your own voices
Show a Countdown of how many seconds to go before refreshing status
Added a Debug-mode facility to allow developers to replace the Cruise Web Service XML with their own XML - handy for UI testing/experimentation and screenshot/demos
Configuration changes:

restart no longer required for settings to take effect
Config file can be edited while the app is running (ie is 'watched' for changes and applied immediately or at the next refresh interval)
Names simplified (eg "30" instead of "00:00:30" for Poll Frequency "Grid" instead of "LiveUniformStatus")

Fixed TODO issues - such as the small memory leak with application resources
Usability enhancements to Settings dialog (positioning/text/look/feel etc)
Refactoring - design changes, extreme separation of concerns (SRP), reduction of assemblies, C#3 features - I believe the code is simpler and easier to modify

Cradiator requires .Net3.5 installed (currently no check for this in the installer)