The slides for my talk on the TechDays NL 2016. With the acquisition of Xamarin and HockeyApp, Microsoft now has everything they need to offer you a very complete and awesome CI/CD pipeline. In this session we will look at setting up your own with the use of VSTS and HockeyApp completely for free (*Mac not included)!

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ALM + Your
Xamarin app
The circle of life
4 October 2016

2. Who is this guy?!
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Gerald Versluis
@jfversluis
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Gerald Versluis
@jfversluis
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Who is this guy?!

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Continuous integration & delivery
For your app, using VSTS & HockeyApp

5. For today
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1 What is it? What do you need? How to set it up?
Continuous integration
2 Delivering your apps to your testers and/or users with HockeyApp
Continuous delivery
3 Bitrise, TestFairy, App Store, Google Play
Alternatives
4 Lessons learned, useful links, high fives all around
That’s all folks!

6. Case
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Demo’ing with Boodschappie
App for creating a common shopping list
• Web API
• MS SQL
• iOS & Android
Gerald Verslu.is - @jfversluis

7. Xamarin is a better way to…
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Build Test Monitor

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Continuous integration
Because fast feedback matters

9. Why do I want continuous integration?
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As a developer you want
feedback on your code ASAP
• Integration with other
developers code
• The ever forgotten files
• Running (unit) tests
Gerald Verslu.is - @jfversluis

10. What do I need for continuous integration?
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Microsoft now has a full featured
pipeline
• VSTS (preferably with Git)
• Xamarin
• HockeyApp/Application Insights
• Test Cloud*
Gerald Verslu.is - @jfversluis

11. What do I need for continuous integration?
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VSTS is awesome
• Free
• Much more than versioning
• Extensible with Marketplace
• Does everything on-prem does
but better and sooner
They only forgot to add a Mac…
• Supply your own Mac (mini)
• MacinCloud
VSTS
Gerald Verslu.is - @jfversluis

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Continuous deployment
Forget the hassle of deploying yourself

13. Why do I want continuous deployment?
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As a developer you want to
automate everything you
have to do more then once
• Early feedback
• Visible to end-users/
management
• Earlier benefits
• Quickly respond to change
• Innovation
Gerald Verslu.is - @jfversluis

14. What do I need for continuous deployment?
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Ingredients
• App
• Continuous integration
• HockeyApp
• App Store
• Play Store
• Marketplace
Also have beta programs
but are limited
Gerald Verslu.is - @jfversluis

15. What do I need for continuous delivery?
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Release definition
• Very similar to Build definitions
• Offers Environments to build
chain of command
• Supports same tasks so you
can run automated tests
• (Automatic) release to app
store!
VSTS
Gerald Verslu.is - @jfversluis

16. What do I need for continuous delivery?
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HockeyApp for distributing
• Distribute Android, iOS and
Windows apps outside of the App
Stores
• Symbolicated crash reports
• Collecting feedback
• Support for different target groups
• User groups
• No waiting for review processes
HockeyApp
Gerald Verslu.is - @jfversluis

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Alternatives
What if I don’t want to use VSTS?!

18. Alternatives - Bitrise
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Does everything VSTS does
• Building
• Running (unit) tests
• Test Cloud
• Send to HockeyApp
And they actually did
add a Mac!
Gerald Verslu.is - @jfversluis

19. Alternatives - TestFairy
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Similar to TestCloud
• Free up to 10 apps
• Distribution
• Crash-reporting
• Collect feedback
Gerald Verslu.is - @jfversluis

20. Alternatives - App Store/TestFlight
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App Store for testing
• Through TestFlight
• Invite only
• Push to production from test
• Has to go through review for
external testers (beta)
• No feedback collection
• No usage statistics
Gerald Verslu.is - @jfversluis

21. Alternatives - Play Store
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Play Store for testing
• Push to production from test
• Invite or open alpha/bèta
• A/B Testing
• Goes through normal Play
Store
Gerald Verslu.is - @jfversluis

22. Lessons learned
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1 Implementing is an evolving process
2 HockeyApp != Xamarin Insights in terms
of (crash) reporting
3 Test Cloud is awesome!
Gerald Verslu.is - @jfversluis

23. Useful links
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Visual Studio Team Services
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HockeyApp
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https://www.visualstudio.com/
https://hockeyapp.net
Bitrise
https://bitrise.io
Test Cloud
https://www.xamarin.com/test-cloud
Gerald Verslu.is - @jfversluis
http://bit.ly/CICD-1 http://bit.ly/CICD-2
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Blog posts
http://bit.ly/CICD-3

24. That’s all folks!
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Gerald Versluis
@jfversluis
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gerald@verslu.is
Thank you!