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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

Chapter 5. Continuous Testing

Software teams are constantly under pressure to deliver more, faster. End users expect software to simply work. Low-quality software just isn't acceptable. But you may ask what the right level of quality is. Quality is a very subjective term; it is, therefore, important for teams to agree on a definition of quality for their software. Teams that are unable to define quality usually end up testing for coverage.  

Microsoft has made some bold bets with Azure DevOps Server 2019. Rather than continue to invest in features that have a very high cost of ownership and low usability footprint, Microsoft has instead decided to deprecate those features and instead focus the energy elsewhere. Let's see what's changing:

  • Microsoft Test Manager (MTM): The toolkit in Azure DevOps Server provides tooling for both manual and automated testing. A key part of that tooling used to be MTM. MTM was first introduced with TFS 2010. It enabled testers to plan, track, and run manual tests...