What tools do you use for Automated Builds / Automated Deployments? Why? [closed]

Question

What tools do you use for Automated Builds / Automated Deployments? Why?

What tools do you recommend?

Answer 1

Hudson for automated builds. I chose it because it was the easiest to setup and demo. A system that's too complex and isn't slick-looking won't impress management enough to get them on-board for automated builds. Especially in a project that has a lot of inertia.

Answer 2

NAnt for builds (but MSBuild, Rake, almost anything would be fine) and CruiseControl.NET for deployments. I'm currently working with the new Cruise from ThoughtWorks studios as it provides a better way to stage the various pipelines and let's me deploy any version I want to a target environment.