Professional application lifecycle management with Visual Studio 2012

729 Pages·2012·25.12 MB·English

by  Gousset

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Application Lifecycle
Management with Visual Studio 2012
Application Lifecycle Management
Visual Studio 2012 Product Lineup
Application Lifecycle Management Challenges
Enter Visual Studio 2012
Application Lifecycle Management in Action
Summary
Part 1: Team Foundation Server
Chapter 2: Introduction to Team Foundation Server
What Is Team Foundation Server?
Acquiring Team Foundation Server
Team Foundation Server Core Concepts
Accessing Team Foundation Server
What's New in Team Foundation Server 2012
Adopting Team Foundation Server
Summary
Chapter 3: Team Foundation Version Control
Team Foundation Version Control and Visual SourceSafe (VSS)
2005
Setting Up Version Control
Using the Source Control Explorer
Check-In Pending Changes
Shelving
Command-Line Tools
Summary
Chapter 4: Branching and Merging
Branching Demystified
Common Branching Strategies
Implementing Branching Strategies
Summary
Chapter 5: Team Foundation Build
Team Foundation Build
What's New in Team Foundation Build 2012
Team Foundation Build Architecture
Working with Builds
Team Build Process
Summary
Chapter 6: Common Team Foundation Server
Customizations
Object Models
Customizing Team Foundation Build
Customizing Team Foundation Version Control
Team Foundation Server Event Service
Customizing Work Item Tracking
Summary
Part 2: Building the Right Software
Chapter 7: Introduction to Building the Right Software
Stakeholders
Storyboarding
Capturing Stakeholder Feedback
Work Item Only View
Third-Party Requirements Management Solutions
Summary
Chapter 8: Storyboarding
Why Storyboarding?
PowerPoint Storyboarding
Summary
Chapter 9: Capturing Stakeholder Feedback
Requesting Feedback
Summary
Part 3: Project Management
Chapter 10: Introduction to Project Management
Project Management Enhancements in Team Foundation Server
2012
Work Items
Process Templates
Managing Work Items
Project Server Integration
Summary
Chapter 11: Agile Planning and Tracking
Defining a Team
Maintaining Product Backlogs
Planning Iterations
Tracking Work
Customization Options
Summary
Chapter 12: Using Reports, Portals, and Dashboards
Team Foundation Server Reporting
Working with Team Foundation Server Reports
Summary
Part 4: Architecture
Chapter 13: Introduction to Software Architecture
Designing Visually
Microsoft's Modeling Strategy
The Architecture Tools in Visual Studio Ultimate 2012
What's New with Architecture Tools in Visual Studio Ultimate
2012
Summary
Chapter 14: Top-Down Design with Use Case, Activity,
Sequence, Component, and Class Diagrams
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Use Case Diagrams
Activity Diagrams
Sequence Diagrams
Component Diagrams
Class Diagrams
Summary
Chapter 15: Analyzing Applications Using Architecture
Explorer and Dependency Graphs
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Understanding the Code Base
Architecture Explorer Basics
Dependency Graphs
Summary
Chapter 16: Using Layer Diagrams to Model and Enforce
Application Architecture
Creating a Layer Diagram
Defining Layers on a Layer Diagram
Defining Dependencies
Validating the Layer Diagram
Layer Diagrams and the Build Process
Summary
Part 5: Architecture
Chapter 17: Introduction to Software Development
What's New for Developers in Visual Studio 2012
My Work
Summary
Chapter 18: Unit Testing
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Unit Testing Concepts
Visual Studio Unit Testing
Programming with the Unit Test Framework
Introduction to Microsoft Fakes
Test Adapters
Summary
Chapter 19: Code Analysis, Code Metrics, and Code
Clone Analysis
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The Need for Analysis Tools
Using Code Analysis
Using the Command-Line Analysis Tool
Creating Code Analysis Rules
Code Metrics
Code Clone Analysis
Summary
Chapter 20: Profiling and Performance
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Introduction to Performance Analysis
Using the Profiler
Command-Line Profiling Utilities
Common Profiling Issues
Summary
Chapter 21: Debugging with IntelliTrace
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IntelliTrace Basics
IntelliTrace in Production
Summary
Part 6: Testing
Chapter 22: Introduction to Software Testing
Role-Based Testing Tools
Types of Tests
Diagnostic Data Adapters
Microsoft Test Manager
Managing Automated Tests with Visual Studio
Summary
Chapter 23: Manual Testing
Microsoft Test Manager
Using Test Plans
Running Tests and Tracking Results
Exploratory Testing
Running Automated Tests
Summary
Chapter 24: Coded User Interface Testing
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Creating Coded UI Tests Using the Coded UI Test Builder
Creating Coded UI Tests Using Action Recordings
Supported Technologies
Summary
Chapter 25: Web Performance and Load Testing
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Web Performance Tests
Load Tests
Distributed Load Tests
Summary
Chapter 26: Lab Management
Lab Management Infrastructure
SCVMM Environments
Testing with Environments
Automated Build-Deploy-Test with Environments
Standard Environments
Summary
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Credits
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
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Chapter 1
Introduction to Application Lifecycle
Management with Visual Studio 2012
What's In This Chapter?
Defining application lifecycle management
Learning about the Visual Studio 2012 product family
Understanding the structure of this book
In June of 1999, Microsoft started to re-evaluate how Visual Studio was being
used as part of the software development process. Microsoft was continuing to
serve the needs of an individual programmer through the highly productive
“code-focused rapid-application-development” features of Visual Studio, but
wasn't doing much to help programmers work together as a team. And what
about software architects——how should they be working with the
programming team? And testers? Project managers?
Many teams had begun to set up their own solutions using a mixture of third-
party, in-house, and vendor-provided tools to address such challenges as version
control, bug tracking, and team communications. But this mishmash of tools can
be tricky to set up and maintain, and even more difficult to integrate. Microsoft
sought to address this challenge by providing an integrated set of tools designed
to address the needs of the entire software development team. Thus, Visual
Studio Team System was born, and was first released with the Visual Studio
2005 product line.
At the heart of Team System, Team Foundation Server was created to provide
a hub for all members of the development team to collaborate. Team Foundation
Server is uniquely positioned from its predecessors across the industry by being
the first tool of its kind built from the ground up to provide an integrated
solution for many capabilities which had historically been offered as standalone
tools. Team Foundation Server provides a unified solution for storing source
code (along with a history of changes), work item tracking (which can include
bugs, requirements, and so on), and automated builds. By providing a single