TFS 2015 Developer Advanced Topics: Course Description

Visual Studio
ALM Training
TFS 2015 Developer Advanced Topics

Duration
Skill level
Focus
Audience
Products
and
technologies
2 days
Version
2015.2
Advanced
Improving developer productivity and raising application quality
Experienced developers
The following product and technologies will be covered in this course
Visual Studio 2015
Team Foundation Server 2015 or Visual Studio Team Services
Course Description
Many developers have been using Visual Studio for many years and continue to use the same features they
have always used. This 2-day course is designed to educate developers on many of the features available in
Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise edition that could greatly improve their code quality and productivity.
The Enterprise Edition is the fully loaded edition of Visual Studio and includes features that can improve
your code testing including the Fakes Framework and IntelliTest. There are also many new features to
improve debugging and troubleshooting your code including IntelliTrace as well as the Performance and
Diagnostics Hub. Finally, well take a look at Code Visualisation and some of the modelling tools available to
you.
This course includes hands-on labs to reinforce practical skills and ensure youre ready to use the tools on
your return to your workplace.
Team Foundation Server/Visual Studio Team Services

This course is equally applicable for teams using either Visual Studio Team Services or and on-premises
Team Foundation Server.
Course Objectives
At the completion of this course, attendees will be able to;
Understand the features available in Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise Edition

Create work item charts and customise the Team dashboard
Improve Unit Testing through the use of the Fakes Framework
Use Code Coverage to help assess Unit Test coverage
Use the new IntelliTest feature to increase test coverage
Understand how to use IntelliTrace to fault find more efficiently
Use the stand alone IntelliTrace collector
Utilise the Performance and Diagnostics Hub
Analyze application usage of CPU, Memory and Network resources
Create and use Code Maps to visualise code for a better understanding
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Create basic application models including layer diagrams

Request and track stakeholder feedback
Audience
This course is designed for experienced .NET developers.
Pre-requisites
Attendees are expected to be proficient developers with over 2 years experience using Visual Studio to
develop .NET applications.
Modules
Module 1 - An overview of Visual Studio 2015
A look at the Visual Studio 2015 family

Visual Studio Team Services
A lap around the Visual Studio 2015 features
Module 2 Planning and tracking work with Work Items
A review of Work Items and Work Item queries

Optimising your sprint planning meeting
Decomposing requirements into tasks in TFS
Effective use of TFS to track progress
Module 3 - Improving code quality with Unit Testing
Review of writing and executing unit tests

Parallel execution of unit tests
Using Code Coverage
Installing Third-Party Unit Test Frameworks
Module 4 Doing more with Unit Tests
Introducing Microsoft Fakes

Using Stubs and Shims
Optimizing the generation of Fakes
Generating Unit Tests using IntelliTest
Module 5 Code Analysis
What is Code Analysis?

Understanding and selecting rule sets
Suppressing Code Analysis warnings
Module 6 - Getting started with IntelliTrace
What is IntelliTrace?
Where does IntelliTrace fit in?
The new IntelliTrace UI experience

Live debugging using F5
Understanding symbol files
Configuring IntelliTrace options
Module 7 IntelliTrace in Production
IntelliTrace usage scenarios

How to configure IntelliTrace Data Collection in Production
Initiating data collection
Debugging using your captured IntelliTrace file
Module 8 - Diagnostic Tools
What are the Diagnostic tools?

Navigating the Performance and Diagnostics hub
Analyzing UI responsiveness
Analyzing CPU usage
Analyzing Memory usage
Analyzing Network usage
Module 9 - Understanding your code better
Map dependencies across your solutions

Debug your application using code maps
Using code map analyzers
Module 10 - An overview of modelling tools
Creating Layer diagrams

Creating models for your application
Modelling your application architecture
Module 11 - Enhancing stakeholder feedback
Introducing the Microsoft Feedback Client

Using the Microsoft Feedback Client to provide rich feedback to the team
Adding continuous feedback into your workflow
All of our public classes can be

attended either in-person or remotely,
online from anywhere.
In addition to our public schedule of

courses, all ALM-Training courses can
be delivered onsite for your company.
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http://www.alm-training.com
Email: enquiry@alm-training.com
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Visual Studio

TFS 2015 Developer Advanced Topics

Team Foundation Server/Visual Studio Team Services

Understand the features available in Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise Edition

Visit www.alm-training.com for more information

Create basic application models including layer diagrams

A look at the Visual Studio 2015 family

Module 2 Planning and tracking work with Work Items

A review of Work Items and Work Item queries

Module 3 - Improving code quality with Unit Testing

Review of writing and executing unit tests

Module 4 Doing more with Unit Tests

Introducing Microsoft Fakes

Module 5 Code Analysis

What is Code Analysis?

Module 6 - Getting started with IntelliTrace

Visit www.alm-training.com for more information

The new IntelliTrace UI experience

Module 7 IntelliTrace in Production

IntelliTrace usage scenarios

Module 8 - Diagnostic Tools

What are the Diagnostic tools?

Module 9 - Understanding your code better

Map dependencies across your solutions

Module 10 - An overview of modelling tools

Creating Layer diagrams

Module 11 - Enhancing stakeholder feedback

Introducing the Microsoft Feedback Client

All of our public classes can be

In addition to our public schedule of

Visit www.alm-training.com for more information

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