After automating the build, releasing an application, and working on increasing the flow of value to end users, many developers find that it becomes harder and harder to keep documentation and release notes up to date. As the amount of releases increases, this becomes more and more work, and eventually, the team will fall behind or even give up completely.
To combat this, it is possible to automate the creation and publication of release notes. One way to do this is by using the Azure DevOps Release Notes Generator. The generator is an Azure Functions application that is available on GitHub. To use the Release Notes Generator, the following needs to be done:
- Download or clone the function code from GitHub.
- Create an Azure App Service Plan, function app, and storage account in Azure.
- Create a new blob container in the storage account called releases.
- Compile...