We’re going to run a Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Event in the Microsoft Edinburgh office on the 8th September, taking a walk through as much of the application lifecycle as possible. The agenda is:

09:30

09:45

The Microsoft developer tools line-up for 2010

Planning, design, application quality and version control

  • Development process support, including Agile planning
  • Office integration
  • Architecture tooling, including UML modelling
  • Code quality tooling
  • Managing change in the data layer
  • Scalable, robust version control with TFS

10:45

Break

11:00

Automated builds, testing and reporting

  • Using workflow driven automated builds, including Continuous Integration
  • The new Microsoft Test Manager and automated testing
  • Supporting virtualised test environments with Microsoft Lab Management
  • Gain predictability and visibility using TFS dashboards

12:00

Close

Richard and I will be delivering this and it’ll mainly be demonstrations, hence the exact timing will be a little bit flexible Smile but we’ll provide refreshments and lunch at the end. If you fancy coming along then it’s free and all you need to do is email ukvs@microsoft.com or complete the event registration form.

Cheers,
Giles