Xamarin Continuous Integration and Delivery: Team Services, Test Cloud, and HockeyApp - Softcover

Versluis, Gerald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1484227158 ISBN 13: 9781484227152

Publisher: Apress, 2017

Synopsis

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. 

About this title

About the Author

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. 

From the Back Cover

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
  

Edition details

• Publisher: Apress
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1484227158
• ISBN 13: 9781484227152
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216