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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
List of contents
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.
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.
Summary
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
