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Team Foundation Server 2013 Customization.
Title:
Team Foundation Server 2013 Customization.
Author:
Beeming, Gordon.
ISBN:
9781782177159
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (110 pages)
Contents:
Team Foundation Server 2013 Customization -- Table of Contents -- Team Foundation Server 2013 Customization -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Instant Updates on New Packt Books -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Customizing the TFS Process Templates for Your Business -- Prerequisites or tools -- Customizing the TFS work items -- Adding a new field using the TFS Power Tools -- Adding a field to the work item form layout using the TFS Power Tools -- Importing a WITD using the TFS Power Tools -- Adding a new field using the raw .xml files -- Adding a field to the work item form layout using the raw .xml files -- Altering the work item workflow using the raw .xml files -- Importing a WITD using the raw .xml files -- Adding a new portfolio to the process template -- Creating a new work item type definition -- Adding a new portfolio backlog -- Adding a new work item category -- Importing a new work item portfolio -- Importing the work item type definition -- Importing the categories file -- Importing the process configuration file -- Summary -- 2. Increasing Web Access Usability -- Customizing TFS dashboard tiles -- Adding a tile to the dashboard -- Pinning build definitions to the team dashboard -- Pinning recent changes to the dashboard -- Changing the default columns for portfolio boards -- Adding fields to the add panels -- Creating a basic JavaScript plugin -- Getting started with an empty plugin -- Importing a plugin into TFS Web Access -- Setting up the debug mode -- Enabling the Script Debug Mode.

Configuring a Fiddler AutoResponder rule -- Adding information to display work items -- Summary -- 3. Enhancing Work Items with Custom Controls -- Creating a Windows Forms control -- Writing the code -- Deploying the code -- Debugging the code -- Creating a control for use inside the Web Access -- Writing the code -- Deploying and debugging the code -- Using the control on an existing work item definition -- Displaying a web page with rich data inside a WITD -- Summary -- 4. Creating Server Plugins -- Using a TFS plugin over a check-in policy -- The basics of a server plugin -- Setting up the code -- Deploying server plugins -- Debugging server plugins -- Creating a check-in plugin -- Creating a work item changed plugin -- Summary -- 5. Creating TFS Scheduled Jobs -- Creating a TFS job -- Writing the code -- Deploying the code -- Registering the custom job and adding it to a schedule -- Verify that the job is installed -- Checking the job history -- Debugging a TFS job -- Deregistering the custom job with TFS -- Summary -- 6. Customizing a TFS Build Process -- Creating a copy of the default build template -- Downloading the default template -- Using the template in a build -- Creating a custom build activity -- Creating the custom activity project -- Zipping the current build -- Uploading the ZIP file to FTP -- Sharing the build number and URL with the ZIP file -- Adding a custom activity to an existing build template -- Creating a build template project -- Adding a build template argument -- Summary -- Index.
Abstract:
This book utilizes a tutorial based approach, focused on the practical customization of key features of the Team Foundation Server for collaborative enterprise software projects.This practical guide is intended for those who want to extend TFS. This book is for intermediate users who have an understanding of TFS, and basic coding skills will be required for the more complex customizations.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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