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Agile in Action - Act 3: Testing
The document discusses the Real World Agile Roadshow and getting started with Agile Application Lifecycle Management. It covers the ALM cycle and how operations, developers, designers, and others are involved at different stages. It then discusses the importance of user experience and how the experience itself can be the product from the user's perspective. Finally, it provides an introduction to HTML5 and CSS3 as well as Windows Phone 7 development.
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- 1. The Real WorldAgile Roadshow – Getting started with Agile Application Lifecycle Management Agile in Action – Act 3: The Frontend
- 2. The ALM Cycle choon@azaas.com Operations Developers Management Write and Debug Code Version Control Solution Requirements Deployment Management Code Quality Application Lifecycle Designers Quality Solution Assurance and Prototyping Architecture Testing UI Design Interaction Modeling Development | 2
- 3. choon@azaas.com The Art andScience … … of Software Development
- 4. The Art andScience of Software Development choon@azaas.com Microsoft has always been a leader in the science part of software development: Millions of developers all over the world build software that solves complex business problems using the Microsoft platform. Development teams create great features and functionality. But - customer and user expectations change Functionality and features may no longer be enough to make software successful! | 4
- 5. Recent Paradigm Shifts choon@azaas.com Application Experiences Interactivity/Response/Richness UX Rich Media Content Exponential Growth Desktop & Web Merging/blurring | 5
- 6. It‘s The ExperienceThat Counts! choon@azaas.com Products and services can simply fail if they offer a suboptimal experience to users and customers Designing unique user experiences will become very important for software development Users of software care about their experience As far as the user is concerned, The experience IS the product! | 6
- 7. Good – Better- Best choon@azaas.com Broadest Reach Better UX Best UX Lowest common denominator Tradeoff between Reach & Rich Rich client experience | 7
- 8. Rich VS Reach choon@azaas.com (D)HTML ASP.NET 2.0 ASP.NET HTML5 Flash Silverlight WPF (Cross)-Platform Reach > Win32 Windows DirectX DirectX Console 9 10 Phone 7 Richness (UX) > | 8
- 9. choon@azaas.com HTML 5 andCSS3: A (Very Quick!) Introduction
- 10. HTML 5 promisesInteroperability … choon@azaas.com … by enabling the same markup everywhere Commonly used to refer to modern open web standards like HTML 5, CSS3, and more The W3C HTML5 specification is still a draft, it’s over 1100 pages and keeps evolving Adds new rich media and graphics support (canvas, video, audio, inline SVG…) Standardizes behavior for browser vendors, enabling same markup everywhere We’ve donated almost 6,000 test cases to the W3C to date with many more to come! | 10
- 11. choon@azaas.com = (content) + (presentation) | 11
- 12. The Content Layer– HTML 5 choon@azaas.com New elements New structural elements – provides new semantic vocabulary for parts of a page New markup elements – measurements, data, time etc. Audio and Video – allows for embedding of content, including audio and video New form controls with validation Simplified doctype/encoding - supports both html & xhtml New APIs Drag & Drop – allows objects to be dragged and then dropped on targets Cross-Document Messaging – allows documents to communicate across domains Client Storage – stores simple session data or structured data using SQL-like queries Offline Application Caching – connection detection, applications run offline Canvas/SVG – API for drawing directly in the browser window using vector graphics Geolocation Web Workers – background processing/threading for web apps | 12
- 13. The Presentation Layer– CSS3 choon@azaas.com Color - Opacity, RGBA, HSLA Backgrounds – Size, Image Layers, Multiple Images Borders – Color, Image, Radius, Shadow Text – Overflow, Shadow, Formatting, Fonts Transformations – Rotate, Scale, Skew, Transform 3D Transformations | 13
- 14. choon@azaas.com Demo HTML 5 and CSS3 | 14
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- 16. HTML 5 Criticism choon@azaas.com It‘s still heavily in flux – draft specification only. Expected in 2022. It‘s OK for web sites but what about LOB web applications? Is it actually possible to create complex business logic in Javascript? Would anyone want to? No standardized development environment Different support of individual HTML 5 features by different browsers can lead to browser-specific applications – Browser Wars 2.0? HTML 5 is an option if you need broad reach for your application – but be mindful of potential issues/complexities! | 16
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- 18. Internet Explorer DesktopIntegration choon@azaas.com Internet Explorer 9 puts the web at the center of the user's experience in Windows. Web applications can feel more like native applications in Windows 7 with IE9 features: | 18
- 19. choon@azaas.com Demo A rich HTML 5 Frontend for MicroFinance HD | 19
- 20. choon@azaas.com Windows Phone 7 A(Very Quick!) Introduction
- 21. The Windows PhonePlatform choon@azaas.com | 21
- 22. Integrated Security choon@azaas.com Managed code only Applications are sandboxed Principle of minimal privilege Certification and verification Windows Phone Marketplace distribution only Internet Explorer Mobile isolation | 22
- 23. Two Flavors ofApplications choon@azaas.com XAML/event-driven application framework High-performance game framework Rapid creation of visually stunning apps Rapid creation of 2-D and 3-D games Metro-themed UI controls Rich content pipeline HTML/JavaScript Support Mature, robust, widely adopted 500,000 developers/Windows and web technology spanning Xbox 360, Windows, and Zune | 23
- 24. Best-of-Breed Development Tools choon@azaas.com Tools Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (with free add-in for Windows Phone 7) Free: Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone Microsoft Expression Blend 4 Free: Expression Blend 4 for Windows Phone Free: Windows Phone 7 Emulator Free: XNA Game Studio 4.0 Single download and install Installation integrates with what you have and know http://create.msdn.com | 24
- 25. Cloud Integrated! choon@azaas.com Rich support for incorporating custom web services into app-specific experiences: Built-in APIs integrated with Microsoft services: Familiar API frameworks for interacting with existing web 2.0 services: | 25
- 26. Marketplace choon@azaas.com Enhanced discovery It is easy to find applications Simple acquisition Try before you buy Offers payment flexibility with mobile operator (MO) billing and credit card billing options Application updates User Experience The Windows Phone Marketplace hub brings applications to life in a new, dynamic, panoramic, and searchable shopping experience focused on content Microsoft certifies all applications in a well-established process before they are released live to the Marketplace – focus on quality and security Organizations can publish B2B applications for employees | 26
- 27. Dedicated Developer Portal choon@azaas.com A single destination to access all the tools and support Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of applications Self-service portal provides tools, shipping, and monetization Best practices and community Windows Phone Marketplace Developers have a single worldwide distribution channel with global access http://create.msdn.com | 27
- 28. choon@azaas.com Demo A Windows Phone Frontend for MicroFinance HD | 28
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