Ambily K K

Azure DevOps for Web Developers

Streamlined Application Development Using Azure DevOps Features

1st ed.
Ambily K K
Hyderabad, India
ISBN 978-1-4842-6411-9e-ISBN 978-1-4842-6412-6
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6412-6
© Ambily K K 2020
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To Pranav & Pavitra,

my little mentors

Introduction

DevOps is one of the mandatory elements of the entire IT spectrum, which integrates people, process, and technology with an objective of delivering value faster. At the same time, DevOps comes in many varieties with varying levels of understanding, which can be an obstacle for many implementations. In this book, we will explore the various concepts of DevOps and take you on a DevOps journey using Azure DevOps. We’ll look at the end-to-end process of DevOps implementation using Azure DevOps.

Specifically, the following are the topics covered:

  • Project management including user and permission management

  • Requirement management

  • Version control management

  • Test management

  • Build automation and release management

  • Test management

  • Continuous feedback

Also, we will discuss the current IT landscape and how we can leverage the benefits of DevOps in various areas such as support projects. Every concept will be covered from different perspectives, including a novice view, a DevOps developer view, a DevOps architect view, and a business view.

This book is intended for novices in DevOps who want to learn the concepts of DevOps across a modern application spectrum. Also, it provides enough information for DevOps engineers to fine-tune their skills in various aspects of DevOps.

Acknowledgments

Writing a book is harder than I thought and more rewarding than I could have ever imagined. I’m grateful to my teachers, and I’ve been lucky enough to have a lot of great teachers, but one in particular shaped the person I am today: Minu K K. My heartfelt thanks to him for being an inspiration throughout my life.

I am grateful to my loving husband, Rajeev, for all his support and caring. To my little children, Pranav and Pavitra: thank you for letting me spend time on writing.

A very special thanks to my mentor, Bala Peddigari, who inspired me to write articles and books.

Finally, to all those who have been part of my getting there: Smriti Srivastava, Matthew Moodie, Shrikant Vishwakarma, and Swapneelkumar Deshpande.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1:​ DevOps Basics and Variations 1
Software Development 1
DevOps 2
DevOps Team 3
DevOps Practices 4
DevOps Variations 4
Benefits 9
Azure DevOps 10
Summary 11
Chapter 2:​ Project Management Using Azure DevOps 13
Organizations 14
Creating an Organization 15
Organization Settings 15
Projects 29
Creating a Project 29
Project Settings 32
Process Template Customization 59
Starting the Customization 59
Adding a New Work Item 60
Summary 63
Chapter 3:​ Requirements Management Using Azure DevOps 65
Work Items 65
Work items 66
Filters 81
View Options 82
Options 82
Boards 85
Board Selection 86
Analytics 87
View Options 89
Board Settings 89
Cards 96
Backlogs 99
Column Options 101
Options 104
Sprints 108
Queries 115
New Query 117
Work Offline 122
Summary 124
Chapter 4:​ Version Control Using Azure DevOps 125
Repos 125
Branching and Merging 129
Project Repo 131
Branch and Tags 133
Commits 135
Pushes 137
Branches 138
Tags 140
Pull Requests 140
Working with Visual Studio 145
Working with Visual Studio Code 151
Working with Git Bash 153
Sample Application 154
Version Controlling an Angular App 155
Version Controlling the .​NET API 158
Summary 158
Chapter 5:​ Test Management Using Azure DevOps 159
Test Cases 160
Shared Steps and Parameters 162
Test Suites 164
Test Plans 165
Define Tab 167
Execute Tab 170
Chart 180
Progress Report 183
Parameters 183
Configurations 184
Runs 184
Load Test 185
Summary 186
Chapter 6:​ Build Automation and Release Management 187
Build and Release Process 187
Continuous Integration 187
Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment 189
Pipelines 191
Creating a Pipeline 191
Classic Editor 197
Environments 203
Releases 204
Creating a Release Pipeline 205
Library 215
Variable Groups 215
Secure Files 216
Task Groups 217
Deployment Groups 220
Sample Build and Release Implementation 220
Build and Release of an Angular Application 221
Build and Release of a .​NET Application 224
Summary 226
Chapter 7:​ Continuous Feedback and Other Features 227
Dashboards 227
Wiki 232
Publishing Code as a Wiki 232
Editing a Wiki 234
Discussions or Comments 238
User Settings 239
Continuous Feedback 240
Azure Application Insights 240
Summary 242
Chapter 8:​ DevOps Architecture Blueprints 243
The DevOps Approach for Web Applications 243
Microservices 244
The DevOps Approach for Databases 245
SQL Server database 245
The DevOps Approach for Machine Learning Models 246
Machine Learning Operationalizati​on 248
Azure DevOps 249
The DevOps Approach for COTS Applications 250
The DevOps Approach for the Support Team 251
Intelligent Swarming Support Model 253
Summary 255
Index 257
About the Author
Ambily K K
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For more than a dozen years Ambily has worked on cloud adoption and accelerating software delivery through DevOps. As the head of Azure, DevOps, and UI practices at TCS HiTech Industry, she supports major public- and private-sector companies across the globe in their cloud journeys and DevOps implementations. Ambily blogs about her experiences and speaks at conferences to share what she has learned. You can find her blog at https://ambilykk.com/ .

 
About the Technical Reviewer
Swapneelkumar Deshpande
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is a software engineer. He is a Microsoft Certified Professional and Microsoft Certified Trainer. Swapneel has been working and leading teams in various aspects of the software development life cycle for more than 20 years.

 
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