Tagline: Optimizing your mobile software development process|
Provides a zero-cost solution for eliminating a pain point in mobile app development
A step-by-step guide that saves developers from having to repeat a tedious manual process for each new iteration of an app
Presents an optimized process that results in developers getting an increase in much-coveted, five-star ratings
Gerald Versluis is a full-stack software developer and Microsoft MVP from Holland. After years of experience working with Xamarin and .NET technologies, he has been involved in numerous different projects, in all kinds of roles. A great number of these projects are Xamarin apps. Not only does Gerald like to code, but he is also keen on spreading his knowledge - as well as gaining some in the bargain. Gerald involves himself in speaking, providing training sessions and writing blogs and articles in his spare time.
Learn everything you need to set up a full-featured, automated pipeline for Xamarin development and deployment. Automate everything from the build step through to deployment and delivery to your customer. If you thought this level of automation could be achieved only by large companies with generous funding, think again! You as a single developer, or working in a small team or company, can automate your processes to punch heavier than your weight. What´s more, you can achieve this level of automation completely for free!
This hands-on guide takes you step-by-step from setting up your first automated build all the way to integrated unit testing, and finally through to delivering a high-quality app to your testers and end users. The automation presented in this book saves a lot of frustration and recurring work, providing you more time to focus on building the robust and compelling apps that delight your customers and keep you steps ahead of the competition. Not only does this book teach how to get a grip on consistent quality, but it covers the use of HockeyApp to track events and usage, and to report errors and anomalies back to home base for developers to investigate. Many times it´s possible to detect and fix errors before a user even notices they are there.
This book:
- Teaches the necessity of an automated development pipeline
- Helps you set up an automated pipeline for Xamarin development
- Integrates testing (on physical devices!) to ensure high-quality apps
What You'll Learn
- Why you want an automated development pipeline
- Obtain and configure the automated tooling
- Continuously integrate your apps
- Run automated unit tests
- Push updates to your customers
- Monitor and detect errors without user intervention
Who This Book Is For
App developers looking for ways to ensure consistent quality of work and wanting to know how their apps are doing in actual use by customers
|Microsoft now provides everything needed for developers to setup a full-featured, automated development pipeline for delivering mobile apps to multiple platforms such as Android and iOS, as well as Windows Phone OS. The toolset is a combination of Xamarin with Visual Studio Team Services and HockeyApp, and the Google Trends lines for all three technologies are solidly in the upward direction. Cost to developers for this toolset is zero, and the benefits are faster time to market and reduced development costs. The major benefit to this book is that it saves developers from having to repeat a tedious manual process – that no developer likes to repeat! – for each new iteration of an app. The result is an optimized process for delivering apps to customers while guaranteeing quality and helping ensure much-coveted, five-star ratings.
1. Why An Automated Pipeline?
2. Establishing the Prerequisites
3. Creating Your First Build
4. Customizing Your Builds
5. Creating and Running Tests With Xamarin Test Cloud
6. Integrating Tests into Your Builds
7. Preparing for Distribution
8. Releasing Your App
9. A Closer Look at HockeyApp
10. Where to Go from Here
11. Appendix A. Alternative Tooling
Learn everything you need to set up a full-featured, automated pipeline for Xamarin development and deployment. Automate everything from the build step through to deployment and delivery to your customer. If you thought this level of automation could be achieved only by large companies with generous funding, think again! You as a single developer, or working in a small team or company, can automate your processes to punch heavier than your weight. What's more, you can achieve this level of automation completely for free!
This hands-on guide takes you step-by-step from setting up your first automated build all the way to integrated unit testing, and finally through to delivering a high-quality app to your testers and end users. The automation presented in this book saves a lot of frustration and recurring work, providing you more time to focus on building the robust and compelling apps that delight your customers and keep you steps ahead of the competition.Not only does this book teach how to get a grip on consistent quality, but it covers the use of HockeyApp to track events and usage, and to report errors and anomalies back to home base for developers to investigate. Many times it's possible to detect and fix errors before a user even notices they are there.
This book:
- Teaches the necessity of an automated development pipeline
- Helps you set up an automated pipeline for Xamarin development
- Integrates testing (on physical devices!) to ensure high-quality apps
What You'll Learn- Why you want an automated development pipeline
- Obtain and configure the automated tooling
- Continuously integrate your apps
- Run automated unit tests
- Push updates to your customers
- Monitor and detect errors without user intervention
Who This BookIs ForApp developers looking for ways to ensure consistent quality of work and wanting to know how their apps are doing in actual use by customers
1. Why An Automated Pipeline?.- 2. Establishing the Prerequisites.- 3. Creating Your First Build.- 4. Customizing Your Builds.- 5. Creating and Running Tests With Xamarin Test Cloud.- 6. Integrating Tests into Your Builds.- 7. Preparing for Distribution.- 8. Releasing Your App.- 9. A Closer Look at HockeyApp.- 10. Where to Go from Here.- 11. Appendix A: Alternative Tooling.
Über den Autor
Gerald Versluis is a full-stack software developer and Microsoft MVP from Holland. After years of experience working with Xamarin and .NET technologies, he has been involved in numerous different projects, in all kinds of roles. A great number of these projects are Xamarin apps. Not only does Gerald like to code, but he is also keen on spreading his knowledge - as well as gaining some in the bargain. Gerald involves himself in speaking, providing training sessions and writing blogs and articles in his spare time.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Why An Automated Pipeline?.- 2. Establishing the Prerequisites.- 3. Creating Your First Build.- 4. Customizing Your Builds.- 5. Creating and Running Tests With Xamarin Test Cloud.- 6. Integrating Tests into Your Builds.- 7. Preparing for Distribution.- 8. Releasing Your App.- 9. A Closer Look at HockeyApp.- 10. Where to Go from Here.- 11. Appendix A: Alternative Tooling.
Klappentext
Learn everything you need to set up a full-featured, automated pipeline for Xamarin development and deployment. Automate everything from the build step through to deployment and delivery to your customer. If you thought this level of automation could be achieved only by large companies with generous funding, think again! You as a single developer, or working in a small team or company, can automate your processes to punch heavier than your weight. What¿s more, you can achieve this level of automation completely for free!
This hands-on guide takes you step-by-step from setting up your first automated build all the way to integrated unit testing, and finally through to delivering a high-quality app to your testers and end users. The automation presented in this book saves a lot of frustration and recurring work, providing you more time to focus on building the robust and compelling apps that delight your customers and keep you steps ahead of the competition.Not only does this book teach how to get a grip on consistent quality, but it covers the use of HockeyApp to track events and usage, and to report errors and anomalies back to home base for developers to investigate. Many times it¿s possible to detect and fix errors before a user even notices they are there.
This book:
Teaches the necessity of an automated development pipeline
Helps you set up an automated pipeline for Xamarin development
Integrates testing (on physical devices!) to ensure high-quality apps
What You'll Learn
Why you want an automated development pipeline
Obtain and configure the automated tooling
Continuously integrate your apps
Run automated unit tests
Push updates to your customers
Monitor and detect errors without user intervention
Who This BookIs For
App developers looking for ways to ensure consistent quality of work and wanting to know how their apps are doing in actual use by customers
Microsoft now provides everything needed for developers to setup a full-featured, automated development pipeline for delivering mobile apps to multiple platforms such as Android and iOS, as well as Windows Phone OS. The toolset is a combination of Xamarin with Visual Studio Team Services and HockeyApp, and the Google Trends lines for all three technologies are solidly in the upward direction. Cost to developers for this toolset is zero, and the benefits are faster time to market and reduced development costs. The major benefit to this book is that it saves developers from having to repeat a tedious manual process - that no developer likes to repeat! - for each new iteration of an app. The result is an optimized process for delivering apps to customers while guaranteeing quality and helping ensure much-coveted, five-star ratings.
