Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2010
- 11h 8m
- Ajoy Krishnamoorthy, Brian Keller, Martin Woodward, Mickey Gousset
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2010
Get up to speed on Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) with Visual Studio 2010 through a combination of hands-on instruction and deep-dives.
Microsoft has packed a lot of brand new testing and modeling tools into Visual Studio 2010, tools that previously were available only to Microsoft internal development teams. Developers will appreciate the focus on practical implementation techniques and best practices.
A team of Microsoft insiders provides a nuts-and-bolts approach. This Wrox guide is designed as both a step-by-step guide and a reference for modeling, designing, and coordinating software development solutions at every level using Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010.
Visual Studio 2010 offers a complete lifecycle management system that covers modeling, testing, code analysis, collaboration, build and deployment tools.
Coverage includes:
- An Introduction to Software Architecture
- Top-down Design with Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, and Sequence Diagrams
- Top-down Design with Component and Class Diagrams
- Analyzing Applications Using Architecture Explorer
- Using Layer Diagrams
- An Introduction to Software Development
- Unit Testing with the Unit Test Framework
- Managed Code Analysis and Code Metrics
- Profiling and Performance
- Database Development, Testing, and Deployment
- An Introduction to IntelliTrace
- An Introduction to Software Testing
- Web Performance and Load Testing
- Manual Testing
- Coded User Interface Testing
- Lab Management
- Introduction to Team Foundation Server
- Team Foundation Architecture
- Team Foundation Version Control
- Branching and Merging
- Team Foundation Build
- An Introduction to Project Management
- Process Templates
- Using Reports, Portals, and Dashboards
- Agile Planning Using Planning Workbooks
- Process Template Customizations
Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2010 shows developers, testers, architects and project managers alike how to leverage the power of Visual Studio 2010 to streamline software design and development.
About the Authors
MICKEY GOUSSET is a Senior Technical Developer for Infront Consulting Group, a consulting company focused on the Microsoft System Center family of products. He has been a Microsoft Team System MVP five years running, a certifi ed professional in Team Foundation Server and SCOM 2007, and co-author (along with Jean-Luc David and Erik Gunvaldson) of the book Professional Team Foundation Server (Indianapolis: Wiley, 2006). Gousset runs “Team System Rocks!” (teamsystemrocks.com), a community site devoted to Visual Studio Team System and Visual Studio 2010, where he also blogs about Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server. He is also a co-host of the popular Team Foundation Server podcast, “Radio TFS” (radiotfs.com). He has spoken on Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server topics at various user groups, code camps, and conferences, including Microsoft Tech Ed Developer — North America 2008 and 2009.
BRIAN KELLER is a Senior Technical Evangelist for Microsoft, specializing in Visual Studio and application lifecycle management. Keller has been with Microsoft since 2002, and has presented at conferences all over the world, including TechEd, Professional Developers Conference (PDC), and MIX. Keller is also a regular personality on MSDN’s Channel 9 Web site, and is co-host of the popular show, “This Week on Channel 9.”
AJOY KRISHNAMOORTHY is a Senior Product Manager in the Microsoft Patterns and Practices group. In this role, he focuses on planning the areas of investments and business strategy for Patterns and Practices. Prior to this role, Krishnamoorthy worked as a Senior Product Manager for Microsoft Visual Studio Team System. He has more than ten years of consulting experience, playing variety of roles, including developer, architect, and technical project manager. Krishnamoorthy has written articles for online and printed magazines, and co-authored several books on ASP.NET. You can check out his blog at blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk. Krishnamoorthy has an MBA from Ohio State University.
MARTIN WOODWARD is currently the Program Manager for the Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Cross-Platform Tools Team. Before joining Microsoft, Woodward was voted Team System MVP of the Year, and has spoken about Team Foundation Server at events internationally. Not only does Woodward bring a unique insight into the inner workings of the product he has experienced from more than a half-decade of real-world use at companies big and small, he is also always happy to share. When not working or speaking, Woodward can be found at his blog, woodwardweb.com.
In this Book
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Introduction
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Introduction to Software Architecture
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Top-Down Design with Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, and Sequence Diagrams
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Top-Down Design with Component and Class Diagrams
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Analyzing Applications Using Architecture Explorer
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Using Layer Diagrams
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Introduction to Software Development
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Unit Testing with the Unit Test Framework
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Managed Code Analysis and Code Metrics
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Profiling and Performance
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Database Development, Testing, and Deployment
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Introduction to IntelliTrace
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Introduction to Software Testing
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Web Performance and Load Testing
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Manual Testing
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Coded User Interface Testing
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Lab Management
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Introduction to Team Foundation Server
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Team Foundation Architecture
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Team Foundation Version Control
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Branching and Merging
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Team Foundation Build
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Introduction to Project Management
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Process Templates
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Using Reports, Portals, and Dashboards
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Agile Planning Using Planning Workbooks
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Process Template Customizations
