A walkthrough of the new build system

So, we've covered the old build system, and as you can see, there is quite a bit of effort involved in changing the way your build behaves. The new build system is a lot easier to set up, and all that you need to configure and administer your builds is your browser. It also has agents that are cross-platform, which is a huge advantage over the old build system.

To get started, go to the BUILD hub in the web access, and then click on the green add button, as marked here:

Figure 25: Opening a new definition templates dialog

This will then pop up a list of base Build and Deployment templates for you to start off with, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 26: DEFINITION TEMPLATES

As you can see, there are templates for iOS and Android as well. We'll select Visual Studio for now and click on OK. You can also see that the default template has most of what you'd want to do with most builds, as follows:

Figure 27: The new build system – the Build tab

By default...