a little madness

Big news today: Pulse 2.2 has graduated to stable! This release includes a stack of new features and improvements, including:

• Build UI overhaul: all tabs improved and restyled.
• New logs tab: making it easier to access stage logs.
• Featured artifacts: choose which artifacts should appear prominently.
• Build navigator: easily move forward and backward through history.
• Working copy browser: view working copies for in progress builds.
• Move refactoring: move projects and agents in the template hierarchy.
• Template navigation: navigate directly up and down a hierarchy.
• Subscription by label: subscribe to notifications by project groups.
• Agent executing stages: see what all agents are building at a glance.
• Subversion exports: for faster and smaller builds.
• Performance improvements: key for larger installations.

See the new in 2.2 page for full details.

In conjunction with this release, we’ve also given our website a complete overhaul. The new site has a fresher look, and communicates the key features of Pulse more directly. The updates also include some new features:

• RSS feeds for news items.
• Links to our latest blog posts on the front page.
• An improved buying process, allowing multiple licenses to be purchased in one transaction.
• Self-service renewal payments – just enter your current license key and go!
• A more user-friendly downloads page.

We hope you enjoy the new release, and the new site. And please, let us know what you think!