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Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015 Cookbook

By : Tarun Arora
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Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015 Cookbook

By: Tarun Arora

Overview of this book

Team Foundation Server (TFS) allows you to manage code repositories, build processes, test infrastructure, and deploy labs. TFS supports your team, enabling you to connect, collaborate, and deliver on time. Microsoft's approach to Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) provides a flexible and agile environment that adapts to the needs of your team, removes barriers between roles, and streamlines processes. The book introduces you to creating and setting up team projects for scrum teams. You'll explore various source control repositories, branching, and merging activities, along with a demonstration of how to embed quality into every code check-in. Then, you'll discover agile project planning and management tools. Later, emphasis is given to the testing and release management features of TFS which facilitate the automation of the release pipeline in order to create potentially shippable increments. By the end of the book, you'll have learned to extend and customize TFS plugins to incorporate them into other platforms and enable teams to manage the software lifecycle effectively.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Introduction


Code repositories enable developers to write code more confidently. More developers are using source control than ever before. The most obvious benefits of a code repository can be seen when multiple developers are collaborating on code. Many hands in the pot means there is a greater need to manage and understand revisions. If you ever have to make an argument to support source control, then the questions to ask would be the following:

  • Have you ever made a change to code, realized it was a mistake and wanted to revert back?

  • Have you ever lost code or had a backup that was too old?

  • Have you ever had to maintain multiple versions of a product?

  • Have you ever wanted to see the difference between two (or more) versions of your code?

  • Have you ever wanted to prove that a particular change broke or fixed a piece of code?

  • Have you ever wanted to review the history of some code?

  • Have you ever wanted to submit a change to someone else's code?

  • Have you ever wanted to share your code or let other...