- [Instructor] It has been touted that one of the keys to being able to release software quickly is DevOps, and the ability to create automated build and release processes. To help with this, Visual Studio App Center provides some basic tools for build and release automation. Before explaining how VSAC handles this, we will do a baseline of some of the terms for the purposes of this course to avoid confusion, as some of these terms do not have agreed-upon, industry-standard definitions. The first term is continuous integration, or CI.
A CI build assures that its developers merge code they're working on into the shared code base. That code meets certain quality standards so that the rest of the team is not negatively impacted by it. This can mean that the code compiles, passes some level of static analysis, or even that it passes some automated unit or integration testing. The second term is continuous delivery. For our purposes, this means that code is built and sent out to any group other than a production environment.
Some quality checks may be part of a continuous delivery build, with its primary purpose is to get software out to some team, usually for quality assurance or user acceptance testing. The last term is continuous deployment. Like continuous delivery, a continuous deployment build creates a build that is distributed. However, its purpose is to distribute to a production environment, such as the app stores or to a private enterprise store for production use. Visual Studio App Center has support for all these build types, and it's all done at how we can figure our Git branches.
As our code moves through the Git branches, the proper type of build is kicked off, whether it be continuous integration, continuous delivery, or continuous deployment.
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3/13/2018- Adding applications to the VSAC
- Using custom build scripts
- Creating iOS and Android builds
- Creating UI tests
- Automating tests
- Distributing apps
- Examining crash logs and analytics
- Adding push notifications
- Using CodePush for deployments
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 34s
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What you should know1m 43s
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Using the exercise files4m 6s
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Set up Android Keystore2m 45s
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1. Introduction to Visual Studio App Center
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The VSAC web portal3m 16s
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Adding organizations3m 5s
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Adding applications2m 50s
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2. Creating Builds
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Signing builds: iOS4m 30s
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Signing builds: Android1m 35s
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Custom build scripts1m 57s
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Using custom build scripts5m 43s
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Environment variables6m 28s
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Create iOS CI builds4m 36s
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Create iOS CD builds2m 3s
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Create Android CI builds2m 47s
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Create Android CD builds1m 18s
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3. Test Runs
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Create UI tests2m 32s
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Set up the App Center CLI2m 30s
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Automate a test with the CLI2m 59s
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Using CLI in a script1m 50s
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4. App Distribution
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Set up distribution groups2m 41s
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Install the apps on devices1m 48s
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Register iOS devices3m 54s
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5. Crash Reporting and Analytics
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Examine crash logs3m 32s
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Add custom analytics3m 23s
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Examine analytics3m 50s
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6. Push Notifications
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7. Code Push
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Set up code push frequency3m 44s
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Conclusion
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Next steps51s
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