Chapter 10. ALM – Developers and QA
This chapter provides an introduction to Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and continuous integration methodologies on Xamarin cross-platform applications. As the part of the ALM process that is most relevant for developers, unit test strategies will be discussed and demonstrated, as well as automated UI testing. This chapter is divided into the following sections:
- Development pipeline
- Troubleshooting
- Unit testing
- UI testing
Development pipeline
The development pipeline can be described as the virtual production line that steers a project from a mere bundle of business requirements to the consumers. Stakeholders that are part of this pipeline include, but are not limited to, business proxies, developers, the QA team, the release and configuration team, and finally the consumers themselves. Each stakeholder in this production line assumes different responsibilities, and they should all function in harmony. Hence, having an efficient, healthy...
