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Azure DevOps Server 2019 Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Tarun Arora, Utkarsh Shigihalli
Book Image

Azure DevOps Server 2019 Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Tarun Arora, Utkarsh Shigihalli

Overview of this book

Previously known as Team Foundation Server (TFS), Azure DevOps Server is a comprehensive on-premise DevOps toolset with a rich ecosystem of open source plugins. This book will help you learn how to effectively use the different Azure DevOps services. You will start by building high-quality scalable software targeting .NET, .NET Core and Node.js applications. Next, you will learn techniques that will help you to set up end-to-end traceability of your code changes, from design through to release. Whether you are deploying software on-premise or in the cloud in App Service, Functions, or Azure VMs, this book will help you learn release management techniques to reduce failures. As you progress, you will be able to secure application configuration by using Azure Key Vault. You will also understand how to create and release extensions to the Azure DevOps marketplace and reach the million-strong developer ecosystem for feedback. Later, the working extension samples will even allow you to iterate changes in your extensions easily and release updates to the marketplace quickly. By the end of this book, you will be equipped with the skills you need to break down the invisible silos between your software development teams, and transform them into a modern cross-functional software development team.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Title Page
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Organizing build output into separate folders


In the DevOps way of working, teams are encouraged to adopt the right tools and practices earlier in the development lifecycle to minimize waste later. While the pre-canned build templates make it really easy to get started with build pipelines, the generic configuration bloats the build artifact and adds folders that you don't necessarily care about. The ones that you do care about are folded into multiple hierarchies. While it isn't necessarily a problem immediately, when you start to consume the build output in release pipelines, much of the release pipeline effort is spent in organizing the build output correctly. In the spirit of pushing more software development activities left into the lifecycle and minimizing waste, let's see how easy it is to organize the build output into relevant folders from the outset.  

Getting ready

In this section we'll go through the pre-requisites for this recipe: 

  1. Extend the MyModernWebApp solution by adding two...