Introduction to TFS 2013
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This document provides an introduction to Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2013. It discusses the history and clients of TFS, how to use version control in TFS including check-ins and check-outs. It also covers source control features like branching and merging. Additionally, it introduces application lifecycle management (ALM) capabilities in TFS like product backlogs, work items, queries, boards and burn down charts.
Introduction to TFS 2013
- 1. Introduction to TFS 2013 MAHEDEE.NET MD. MAHEDEE HASAN
- 2. Introduction to TFS 2013 MAHEDEE.NET Page 1 Introduction to TFS 2013 1st Edition Md. Mahedee Hasan Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Software Architect Leadsoft Bangladesh Limited Blog: http://mahedee.net/ Email: mahedee.hasan@gmail.com Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mahedee Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mahedee.net
- 3. Introduction to TFS 2013 MAHEDEE.NET Page 2 Table of Contents History and Overview....................................................................................................................................2 Clients of TFS.................................................................................................................................................3 Version Control Using TFS.............................................................................................................................4 How to Connect with TFS..........................................................................................................................4 Check Out and Check In Code...................................................................................................................5 Source control features ................................................................................................................................7 Source Compare........................................................................................................................................7 Branching and Merging.........................................................................................................................7 ALM.............................................................................................................................................................10 Product backlog ......................................................................................................................................11 Work Item ...............................................................................................................................................11 Queries....................................................................................................................................................12 Board.......................................................................................................................................................13 Burn Down Chart.....................................................................................................................................14 References ..................................................................................................................................................15 History and Overview Microsoft buys SourceSafe – 1994 o Also called Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) o Purchased from North Carolina company called One Tree Software o SourceSafe is a source control o Data stored in file system o Manage small team Microsoft TFS o Also called Microsoft Team Foundation Server o First release – 2005 o Data stored in SQL Server o Can Manage Large team o Make developers life easy
- 4. Introduction to TFS 2013 MAHEDEE.NET Page 3 Clients of TFS Visual Studio o Source Control o Build o Work Items o Reporting Eclipse o Source Control o Build o Work Items Web Access o Source Control (read) o Work Items o Reporting Test Manager o Tests Excel o Reporting o Work Items Outlook o Alerts Project o Work Items SharePoint o Reporting o Documentation SCVMM o Lab Management TFS Admin o Admin TFS Power Tools o Admin
- 5. Introduction to TFS 2013 MAHEDEE.NET Page 4 Version Control Using TFS Version control is a system that records changes to a file Changes files over time and you can recall specific versions later Version control is more general term of Source control Can create branch and marge it using source control For the examples, software source code as the files being version controlled, though in reality you can do this with nearly any type of file on a computer. How to Connect with TFS Create an application Click on Team Explorer Click on Source Control Explorer
- 6. Introduction to TFS 2013 MAHEDEE.NET Page 5 Add project to the TFS and click next -> next -> finish Check In project to the TFS with proper comment Check Out and Check In Code Check Out code for edit Check In code for update to TFS
- 7. Introduction to TFS 2013 MAHEDEE.NET Page 6 See changes history in Web access Get Latest version to the local PC
- 8. Introduction to TFS 2013 MAHEDEE.NET Page 7 Source control features Offline development History Compare tool Merging tool Source Compare Can compare two change sets Branching and Merging Scenarios for Branching and Merging If you are having regular problems with broken builds, you should create a development branch to isolate parallel development efforts. If you have features that are causing stability issues Teams causing stability issues among each other, create separate feature or team branches beneath a development container folder in source control. Common Scenarios in Practice Scenario 1 – No Branches. Scenario 2 – Branch for Release Scenario 3 – Branch for Maintenance. Scenario 4 – Branch for Feature. Scenario 5 – Branch for Team
- 9. Introduction to TFS 2013 MAHEDEE.NET Page 8 Fig - Logical Relationship Showing Branch and Merge Flow Organization’s branching structure How to create branch
- 10. Introduction to TFS 2013 MAHEDEE.NET Page 9 How to marge to a branch
- 11. Introduction to TFS 2013 MAHEDEE.NET Page 10 ALM Also called Application Life Cycle Management Continuous value delivery and rapid response to change It is a product life cycle management o Planning o Development o Maintenance
- 12. Introduction to TFS 2013 MAHEDEE.NET Page 11 Product backlog A product backlog is a prioritized list of all the features and functionality needed to complete a project. In TFS, you manage your product backlog using work items. Your choice of work item types will differ depending on the process template used to create your team project. Work Item Team Foundation has work item tracking features o Designed to assist enterprise software development teams to manage their work and software defect tracking Share a set of common system fields. Track comprehensive history of changes to the work item.
- 13. Introduction to TFS 2013 MAHEDEE.NET Page 12 Support links to other work items, file attachments, or any other work product in Team Foundation. Queries Uses to track work item information customized way You can create query as your own Shared Queries o Queries for all project My Queries o Queries for individual users
- 14. Introduction to TFS 2013 MAHEDEE.NET Page 13 Board Also called Kanban Board Can see project or iteration progress at a glance Can monitor backlog status at a glance
- 15. Introduction to TFS 2013 MAHEDEE.NET Page 14 Burn Down Chart A burn down chart is a graphical representation of work left to do versus time. The outstanding work (or backlog) is often on the vertical axis, with time along the horizontal. It is useful for predicting when all of the work will be completed. There is an Ideal tread and Remaining Work representation
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