What is the difference between Hudson and CruiseControl for Java projects?

Question

I think the title sums it up. I just want to know why one or the other is better for continous integration builds of Java projects from Svn.

Answer 1

My last project, we started off on CruiseControl. Which rocked. Then we moved to Hudson, which rocked even more. The things I liked about Hudson:

• The upstream and downstream projects. So a commit to your data access code will eventually also trigger a build of the presentation layer.

• Easily use an existing project as the starting point of a new one - so if you are in the habit of creating development branches, then making sure these are under continuous integration is a snap.