Integration and automation of build and test in a customized computing system

1. A computing system, comprising:

a processor;

memory, coupled to the processor, storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, provide a user interface component, a build and test automation system, and a build and test control system;

the user interface component configured to detect a developer input to download, to a development system, a pre-configured build component;

the build and test automation system configured to automatically download the pre-configured build component to the development system in response to the detected developer input, automatically set up a development environment in the development system, and automatically migrate a customized computing system to the development environment;

the build and test control system configured to automatically access the pre-configured build component to set up a build environment machine on the development system to build the customized system; and

wherein the build and test automation system is configured to automatically run a test on the customized system.

2. The computing system of claim 1 wherein the build and test automation system is configured to provision a development environment virtual machine in the development environment, and configure the development environment virtual machine as a development environment machine.

3. The computing system of claim 2 wherein the user interface component is configured to detect the developer input as a developer input to download a pre-configured test component.

4. The computing system of claim 3 wherein the build and test automation system comprises:

a test computing system that automatically downloads a pre-configured test component.

5. The computing system of claim 4 wherein the build test and automation system comprises:

a build execution and configuration system that automatically sets up the build environment machine.

6. The computing system of claim 1 wherein the build execution and configuration system automatically provisions the build environment machine and configures the build environment machine.

7. The computing system of claim 6 wherein the build execution and configuration system comprises:

a build definition component that pre-configures a build script;

a build controller set-up component that generates a build controller; and

a build agent set-up component that generates a build agent controlled by the build controller to execute the build script.

8. The computing system of claim 7 and further comprising:

a test computing system that integrates the test component into the build environment.

9. The computing system of claim 8 wherein the user interface component detects developer customizations to the computing system to be customized to obtain the customized computing system, and further comprising:

a task recorder that records a task performed by the built customized computing system to obtain a task recording.

10. The computing system of claim 8 and further comprising:

a test code generator component that generates test code for the task from the task recording, and integrates the test code into source code for the customized computing system.

11. A computer implemented method, comprising:

detecting a developer input to download, to a development system, a pre-configured set of build components;

automatically downloading the set of pre-configured build components to the development system in response to the detected developer input;

automatically setting up a development environment in the development system;

automatically migrating a computing system to be customized to the development environment;

automatically accessing the set of pre-configured build components to set up a build environment on the development system;

automatically triggering the build environment to build the customized computing system; and

automatically performing a test on the customized computing system after the build environment has built the customized computing system.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 11 wherein automatically setting up a development environment comprises:

provisioning a development environment virtual machine in the development environment; and

configuring the development environment virtual machine as a development environment machine.

13. The computer implemented method of claim 12 wherein detecting further comprises:

detecting the developer input to download a pre-configured test component.

14. The computer implemented method of claim 13 wherein automatically downloading comprises:

automatically downloading the pre-configured test component.

15. The computer implemented method of claim 14 and further comprising:

automatically setting up the build environment.

16. The computer implemented method of claim 15 wherein automatically setting up the build environment comprises:

automatically provisioning a build environment virtual machine; and

automatically configuring the virtual machine as a build environment virtual machine.

17. The computer implemented method of claim 16 wherein automatically setting up the build environment comprises:

pre-configuring a build script;

generating a build controller; and

generating a build agent controlled by the build controller to execute the build script.

18. The computer implemented method of claim 17 and further comprising:

integrating the test component into the build environment.

19. A computing system, comprising:

a processor;

memory, coupled to the processor, storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, provide a user interface component, a build system, a build and test control system, and a test computing system;

the user interface component configured to detect a developer input to download, to a development system, a pre-configured build component;

the build system configured to automatically download the pre-configured build component to the development system in response to the detected developer input, automatically set up a development environment in the development system, and automatically migrate a computing system to be customized to the development environment;

the build and test control system configured to automatically access the pre-configured build component to set up a build environment on the development system that detects a build trigger and automatically builds a customized computing system to be tested using a pre-configured test component; and

the test computing system configured to automatically download the pre-configured test component in response to the developer input.