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Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2012


Date: 19 October 2012 | Posted by: pm1
Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2012

Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2012
Wr-x (September 2012) | ISBN: 1118314085 | EPUB | 600 pages | 37.6 MB



The authoritative and timely guide to ALM from Microsoft insiders and MVPs

Focused on the latest release of Visual Studio, this edition shows you how to use the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) capabilities of Visual Studio 2012 to streamline software design, development, and testing. Divided into six main parts, this timely and authoritative title covers Team Foundation Server, stakeholder engagement, project management, architecture, software development, and testing. Whether serving as a step-by-step guide or a reference for designing software solutions, this book offers a nuts-and-bolts approach to using Microsoft’s flagship development tools to solve real-world challenges throughout the application lifecycle.


Coverage includes:

INTRODUCTION TO APPLICATION
INTRODUCTION TO TEAM FOUNDATION SERVER
TEAM FOUNDATION VERSION CONTROL
TEAM FOUNDATION BUILD
COMMON TEAM FOUNDATION SERVER
INTRODUCTION TO BUILDING
STORYBOARDING
CAPTURING STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK
AGILE PLANNING AND TRACKING
INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE
TOP-DOWN DESIGN WITH USE CASE
ANALYZING APPLICATIONS USING
USING LAYER DIAGRAMS TO MODEL
INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
UNIT TESTING
CODE ANALYSIS, CODE METRICS
PROFILING AND PERFORMANCE
DEBUGGING WITH INTELLITRACE
INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE TESTING
MANUAL TESTING
CODED USER INTERFACE TESTING
WEB PERFORMANCE AND LOAD TESTING
LAB MANAGEMENT

Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2012 offers a thoroughly revised and updated edition of the leading reference book on ALM.

From the Back Cover

Use ALM to solve real-world challenges

Focused on the latest release of Visual Studio, this edition shows you how to use the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) capabilities of Visual Studio 2012 to streamline software design, development, and testing. Divided into six main parts, this timely and authoritative title covers Team Foundation Server, stakeholder engagement, project management, architecture, software development, and testing. Whether serving as a step-by-step guide or a reference for designing software solutions, this book offers a nuts-and-bolts approach to using Microsoft’s flagship development tools to solve real-world challenges throughout the application lifecycle.

Professional Application Lifecycle Management:

Includes practical examples that demonstrate the capabilities of each of the ALM tools available in Visual Studio 2012
Covers developing, debugging, and testing applications with tools such as Visual Studio, Microsoft Test Manager, lab management, and IntelliTrace
Explains how to use Team Foundation Server 2012 for version control, project management, test case management, and feedback collection
Provides pragmatic tutorials for the entire team—including developers, project managers, testers, architects, business managers, and external stakeholders

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2012

Part I: Team Foundation Server
Chapter 2. Introduction to Team Foundation Server
Chapter 3. Team Foundation Version Control
Chapter 4. Branching and Merging
Chapter 5. Team Foundation Build
Chapter 6. Common Team Foundation Server Customizations

Part II: Building the Right Software
Chapter 7. Introduction to Building the Right Software
Chapter 8. Storyboarding
Chapter 9. Capturing Stakeholder Feedback

Part III: Project Management
Chapter 10. Introduction to Project Management
Chapter 11. Agile Planning and Tracking
Chapter 12. Using Reports, Portals, and Dashboards

Part IV: Architecture
Chapter 13. Introduction to Software Architecture
Chapter 14. Top-Down Design with Use Case, Activity, Sequence, Component, and Class Diagrams
Chapter 15. Analyzing Applications Using Architecture Explorer and Dependency Graphs
Chapter 16. Using Layer Diagrams to Model and Enforce Application Architecture

Part V: Architecture
Chapter 17. Introduction to Software Development
Chapter 19. Code Analysis, Code Metrics, and Code Clone Analysis
Chapter 20. Profiling and Performance
Chapter 21. Debugging with IntelliTrace

Part VI: Testing
Chapter 22. Introduction to Software Testing
Chapter 23. Manual Testing
Chapter 24. Coded User Interface Testing
Chapter 25. Web Performance and Load Testing
Chapter 26. Lab Management
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