The Build Master: Microsofts Software Configuration Management Best Practices
The Build Master: Microsofts Software Configuration Management Best Practices
ISBN: 0321332059
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 186
Pages: 186
Authors: Vincent Maraia
- The Build Master: Microsoft s Software Configuration Management Best Practices
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Praise for The Build Master
- Foreword
- Preface
- What This Book Is About
- Defining Software Configuration Management
- Who Should Read This Book
- Assumptions Made on the Background of People Reading This Book
- How This Book Is Organized
- Get Stuck or Get Results. Period.
- Outsourcing
- What This Book Is Not About: Software Factories
- Updates and Contact Information
- About the Author
- In Appreciation and Acknowledgment
- Introduction
- What NT Really Stands For
- How MSN Builds Code
- Chapter 1. Defining a Build
- The Two Types of Builds: Developers and Project
- Building from the Inside Out
- More Important Build Definitions
- How Your Product Should Flow
- Microsoft Solution Framework
- Summary
- Recommendations
- Chapter 2. Source Tree Configuration for Multiple Sites and Parallel (Multi-Version) Development Work
- Definitions
- How This Process Works: An Example Using VSS
- Hatteras: A Look Into the Future of SCC at Microsoft
- Summary
- Recommendations
- Chapter 3. Daily, Not Nightly, Builds
- The Importance of a Successful Daily Build
- What Are You Building Every Day?
- Summary
- Recommendations
- Chapter 4. The Build Lab and Personnel
- The Need for a Build Lab
- Build Lab Rules
- Hardware Configuration
- Build Personnel
- Summary
- Recommendations
- Chapter 5. Build Tools and Technologies
- First, Every Build Needs a Script
- Binary Generating Tools-Also Referred to Loosely as Build Tools
- You Provide the Nose
- In Steps the 800-Pound Gorilla
- XML Is the Here, the Now, and the Future
- What Build Tool Should You Be Using and When?
- Summary
- Recommendations
- Chapter 6. SNAP Builds-aka Integration Builds
- What Is a SNAP Build?
- When to Use SNAP Builds
- How SNAP Works
- Sample Machine Configuration
- Operations Staff
- Managing Throughput
- Summary
- Recommendations
- Chapter 7. The Build Environment
- Setting Up the Environment
- Setting Up a Developer or Tester Machine
- A Makefile Example That Explains How This Works
- Summary
- Recommendations
- Chapter 8. Versioning
- Why Worry About Versioning?
- File Versioning
- Build Number
- Source Code Control Trees
- Should There Be Other Fields in the File Version Number?
- DLL or Executable Versions for .NET (Assembly Versions)
- How Versioning Affects Setup
- Even Installing Correctly Does Not Always Work
- Summary
- Recommendations
- Chapter 9. Build Security
- Physical Security for the Build, Source, and Release Lab
- Tracking Source Changes (All Check-Ins)-The Build Process
- BinaryRelease Bits Assurance
- IT Infrastructure
- Want More Security?
- Summary
- Recommendations
- Chapter 10. Building Managed Code
- The Official Definition of Managed Code
- What Is the CLR, and How Does It Relate to Managed Code?
- Managed Execution Process
- The Definition of Assemblies As It Pertains to the .NET Framework
- Delay Signing and When to Use It
- One Solution or Many Solution Files?
- Summary
- Recommendations
- Chapter 11. International Builds
- Important Concepts and Definitions
- Method 1: Internationally Ignorant Code
- Method 2: Locale-Dependent Source
- Method 3: Single Worldwide Source
- Method 4: Single Worldwide Binary
- USE Unicode
- Summary
- Recommendations
- Chapter 12. Build Verification Tests and Smoke Tests
- Smoke Test
- Build Verification Tests
- Summary
- Recommendations
- Chapter 13. Building Setup
- The Basic Definitions
- Setup Is Not a Testing Tool
- Summary
- Recommendations
- Chapter 14. Ship It
- Software Release at Microsoft
- Summary
- Recommendations
- Chapter 15. Customer Service and Support
- Goals of Support
- How Support Works and Communicates with the Product Teams
- Summary
- Recommendations
- Chapter 16. Managing Hotfixes and Service Packs
- Introduction to Release Management with VSS
- Release Management: General Scenarios
- Summary
- Recommendations
- Chapter 17. 7 Suggestions to Change Your Corporate or Group Culture
- What Is Corporate Culture?
- It Starts at the Top
- When All Else Fails...
- Don t Go Gipper...
- Nasa Columbia and Challenger Disasters: When Management Pulls Rank and There Is a Big Disconnect Between the Manager s View and the Engineer s View
- Summary
- Recommendations
- Chapter 18. Future Build Tools from Microsoft
- MSBuild
- Visual Studio Team System
- Visual Studio Team Build
- The Microsoft Shell (MSH, or Monad)
- Summary
- Recommendations
- Appendix A. Embedded Builds
- Nuts and Bolts of the CE Build System
- Appendix B. Extreme Programming
- Extreme Programming Fundamentals
- Test-Driven Development and Refactoring
- An Extreme Programming Scenario
- Microsoft Case Study
- References and Further Reading
- Appendix C. Testing Guide
- Test Guide: A Compilation from the Developer Division at Microsoft
- Appendix D. Debug Symbols
- The Windows Scenario That You May Run into with Your Applications
- Final Thoughts
- Index
- index_SYMBOL
- index_A
- index_B
- index_C
- index_D
- index_E
- index_F
- index_G
- index_H
- index_I
- index_J
- index_K
- index_L
- index_M
- index_N
- index_O
- index_P
- index_Q
- index_R
- index_S
- index_T
- index_U
- index_V
- index_W
- index_X
The Build Master: Microsofts Software Configuration Management Best Practices
ISBN: 0321332059
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 186
Pages: 186
Authors: Vincent Maraia