Travis CI script breakdown

Now that we have gone over YAML syntax, we can explain in more detail the various parts of the Travis CI script.

Select a programming language

language: go

In this block of the .travis.yml script we add the programming language that we will be using in the continuous integration build. This is usually the first entry in the .travis.yml script that you add.

Travis CI supports many programming languages such as:

• C
• C++
• JavaScript with Node.js
• Elixir
• Go
• Haskell
• Ruby

You can look at languages (https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/languages) in the Travis CI docs for a complete list of supported programming languages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selecting infrastructure

You can set a more customized environment in Travis CI by using the sudo and dist fields in the YML script.

Virtual image with Ubuntu Precise (12.04) infrastructure

You can use Ubuntu Precise infrastructure by using the following entries in the Travis YML script:

sudo: enabled
dist: precise

Default infrastructure

You can explicitly set the...