As we have mentioned before, part of keeping your main trunk clean is to protect it from unreviewed commits to it. This is done by requiring pull requests to merge changes into your protected branches. One of the main challenges we have seen to that...
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In the previous post, we discussed the benefits of including automated unit tests in to your project, as well as how to add them. In this post, I will discuss the purpose of creating a package of your solution, as well as going through the steps...
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In our previous post, we covered what branch policies are, how to create them, and how they can improve your team's development experience. The next step in your DevOps process is to add automated unit tests to your continuous integration builds. By including automated unit tests,...
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In the previous post, we created a basic build process for our demo project. In this post, I will be going through the steps for setting up a branch policies in Azure DevOps. By the end of this post, you will understand: What are branch...
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In the previous post, we created a sample ASP.NET Core web application and published it to Azure DevOps. In this post, I will be going through the steps for creating a a simple YAML build process for the project that we've checked in. This will be...
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In the previous post, we set up and connected to an Azure DevOps git repository. In this post, I will be going through the steps for creating a sample application and committing it to our git repository. By the end of this post, we...
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In our previous post, we covered Code Vanguard's DevOps process and reviewed the immediate and long-term benefits that we have seen with our clients. In this post, we will be going through the steps for setting up and connecting to an Azure DevOps git repository....
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For all of our clients here at Code Vanguard, the first thing we do when starting a new project is to build out an automated build and release pipeline. We found that this minimum DevOps implementation has had a measurable effect on our productivity. And...
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