Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2013

Ramp up your software development with this comprehensive resource

Microsoft’s Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) makes software development easier and now features support for iOS, MacOS, Android, and Java development. If you are an application developer, some of the important factors you undoubtedly consider in selecting development frameworks and tools include agility, seamless collaboration capabilities, flexibility, and ease of use. Microsoft’s ALM suite of productivity tools includes new functionality and extensibility that are sure to grab your attention. Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2013 provides in-depth coverage of these new capabilities. Authors Mickey Gousset, Martin Hinshelwood, Brian A. Randell, Brian Keller, and Martin Woodward are Visual Studio and ALM experts, and their hands-on approach makes adopting new ALM functionality easy.

• Streamline software design and deployment with Microsoft tools and methodologies
• Gain a practical overview of ALM with step-by-step guides and reference material
• Case studies illustrate specific functionality and provide in-depth instruction
• Use new capabilities to support iOS, MacOS, Android and Java development
• Discover this comprehensive solution for modeling, designing, and coordinating enterprise software deployments
• Over 100 pages of new content, forward-compatible with new product releases

Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2013 provides a complete framework for using ALM to streamline software design and deployment processes using well-developed Microsoft tools and methodologies. Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2013 is your guide to make use of newly-available ALM features to take your enterprise software development to the next level.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction to Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2013

Part I Team Foundation Server
Chapter 2 Introduction to Team Foundation Server
Chapter 3 Using Centralized Team Foundation Version Control
Chapter 4 Distributed Version Control with Git and Team Foundation Server
Chapter 5 Team Foundation Build
Chapter 6 Release Management
Chapter 7 Common Team Foundation Server Customizations

Part II Building the Right Software
Chapter 8 Introduction to Building the Right Software
Chapter 9 Storyboarding
Chapter 10 Capturing Stakeholder Feedback

Part III Project Management
Chapter 11 Introduction to Project Management
Chapter 12 Agile Planning and Tracking
Chapter 13 Using Reports, Portals, and Dashboards

Part IV Architecture
Chapter 14 Introduction to Software Architecture
Chapter 15 Top-Down Design with Use Case, Activity, Sequence, Component, and Class Diagrams
Chapter 16 Analyzing Applications Using Architecture Explorer, Dependency Graphs, and Code Maps
Chapter 17 Using Layer Diagrams to Model and Enforce Application Architecture

Part V Software Development
Chapter 18 Introduction to Software Development
Chapter 19 Unit Testing
Chapter 20 Code Analysis, Code Metrics, Code Clone Analysis, and CodeLens
Chapter 21 Profiling and Performance
Chapter 22 Debugging with IntelliTrace

Part VI Testing
Chapter 23 Introduction to Software Testing
Chapter 24 Manual Testing
Chapter 25 Coded User Interface Testing
Chapter 26 Web Performance and Load Testing
Chapter 27 Lab Management