Richard Erwin | ALM Specialist | Microsoft UK

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What Tools Do I Need?

Visual Studio 2008 / 2010

Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio• Includes Windows Azure SDK

Windows Azure AppFabric SDK

.Net 3.5 or .Net 4.0

What About My Non-.Net Devs?Windows Azure SDK for Java™

AppFabric SDK for Java™ Developers

Windows Azure Tools for Eclipse

Windows Azure Companion

Windows Azure SDK for PHP

Windows Azure Command-line Tools for PHP

AppFabric SDK for PHP Developers

AppFabric SDK for Ruby Developers

Application Lifecycle ManagementPlan

Design

Develop

BuildTest

Deploy

Maintain

Reporting

Supporting the Application Lifecycle

Requirements

Tasks

Tests

Code

Team Build

Build

Bug

BusinessAnalyst

Tester

Developer

Supporting the Application Lifecycle

Requirements

Tasks

Tests

Code

Build

BusinessAnalyst

Tester

Developer

Bug

Developer

Non .Net

− Gather Requirements in your Tool of Choice− Microsoft Office− Microsoft Project− Agile Planning Tools− IBM Rational Doors− Caliber RM− ….

− Manage Projects Your Way− Choose your Development Process

Plan

• UML 2.1 Support– Design & Communicate Solution

Architecture with UML Diagrams.

− Architecture Explorer− Discover and understand how a system

works and visualize existing code assets and how they connect.

− Architectural Validation− Ensure Code Matches the Intended Design

Design

• The Electronic Beer Mat– SketchFlow allows you to deliver functioning

prototypes with that “Back of a Beer Mat” feel

− Design UI Flow− Design your UI Flow using the

Application Flow functionality

− SketchFlow Player− Easily share and gain input to your

prototypes from all interested parties

Design

• Test driven Development– Unit Testing First and Generate Code on Demand – Code Coverage Analysis

Develop

• Enterprise Class Version Control– Check in policies– Branch Visualization– Continuous Integration

IntelliTrace™- Root cause analysis of defects for developers

• Code Metrics– Find complex and difficult to test code

− Code Profiling− Analyse Code for Performance Issues,

Bottlenecks & Memory Allocation

− Static Code Analysis− Analyze Code to Show Common Issues− Apply Custom or Pre-Defined Rulesets

Develop

Team Explorer Everywhere

Platforms:• Windows (XP SP 2, Vista, 7)• Apple Mac OS X• HP-UX• IBM AIX • Linux• Solaris • Unix

Eclipse variants:• Eclipse 3.0 to 3.5• IBM Rational Application Developer 6.0 to

7.5• Other Eclipse based tools including Adobe

Flex Builder 3 and Aptana Studio 2.0

Develop

− Microsoft Test Manager− Test Case Management− Team Foundation Server integration

− Microsoft Test Runner− Manual test execution− Create actionable bugs

Test

− Automatic Data Collection

− Coded UI Tests− Automated functional testing− Find regression bugs earlier

− Web and Load Testing− Know your code is ready for the big time− Measure performance under real time load

conditions

Test

Tester/Developer Workflow

Tester Executes Manual Test

Tester Files Bug with Action Recording &

Other Data

Bug Assigned to Developer

Developer Uses Bug Information &

Intellitrace log to locate & fix the

problem

Fix Checked into Version Control with CI

Build

Tester verifies fix and closes bug

Developer Uses Action Recording to Generate

Coded UI Test

Automated Test becomes part of

Automated Regression Testing Suite

Test Develop

Included with Visual Studio Ultimate

Create clean, isolated test environments

Deploy the current build

Run the tests & store the results

Attach environment snapshots to bug reports

Lab ManagementTest Deploy

Traditional Build WorkflowImproved Build Workflow

Restore Environment

Take Environment Snapshot

Restore Snapshot

Build Application

Deploy ApplicationRun Tests

Build Deploy

How Data moves through TFS

Adapter

Adapter

Adapter

Adapter

Adapter

Adapter

Common Structures

Work Item Tracking

Version Control

Build

Test Management

3rd Party Adapters

SSRS Reports Excel Reports

OLAP Cube

Relational Database

Example Report

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