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Development Lifecycle

Planning and Requirements​

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Development​

IDE​

Version Control​

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Package Management​

  • Nuget: Package manager for .NET. It enables developers to create, share, and consume useful .NET libraries.

  • npm (Node Package Manager): For managing JavaScript libraries and dependencies.

  • Yarn or pnpm (alternatives to npm).

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Code Collaboration​

  • Pull Requests: For code reviews and collaboration.

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AI Code Assistants​

  • GitHub Copilot: an AI-powered code assistant that helps developers write code faster by providing context-aware suggestions and completions directly within their IDE.

Read more on JTI DevOps Platform: https://devops.jti.com/docs/Tools/GitHub/GitHubCopilot

Testing​

The test pyramid is a guide for balancing automated tests: lots of fast and reliable unit tests at the base, fewer integration tests in the middle, and minimal, slower end-to-end tests at the top to ensure efficient and robust software testing.

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Read more on Microsoft Learn: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/visual-studio-test-concepts/

Unit Testing​

Integration Testing​

Performance Testing​

  • BenchmarkDotNet: Powerful library for microbenchmarking .NET code.

  • dotTrace: JetBrains tool for performance profiling and bottleneck analysis.

  • PerfView: Lightweight tool for CPU and memory performance investigations.

  • Application Insights: Azure's integrated tool for monitoring app performance.

  • Visual Studio Profiler: Built-in profiler to analyze .NET app performance.

Load Testing​

  • Apache JMeter: Popular open-source tool for simulating heavy loads on servers.

Acceptance Testing​

  • SpecFlow: BDD framework for creating executable specifications using Gherkin syntax.

UI Testing​

  • Selenium: Industry-standard tool for browser-based UI automation testing.

  • Playwright for .NET: Cutting-edge browser automation tool for end-to-end UI testing.

Static Code Analysis and Quality​

Static Code Analysis​

  • SonarCloud: To enforce coding standards and ensure code quality.

Code Formatters​

  • Built-in .editorconfig support in Visual Studio for consistent code formatting.

Read more on Microsoft Learn: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/create-portable-custom-editor-options?view=vs-2022

Build and Integration​

Build Pipelines​

  • Azure DevOps Pipelines: CI/CD for automating builds and deployments.

  • GitHub Actions: For lightweight CI workflows integrated into GitHub.

Dependency Management​

  • Azure Artifacts: A cloud-based package management service for hosting, sharing, and managing dependencies in Azure DevOps.

Read more on JTI DevOps Platform: https://devops.jti.com/docs/Practices/Artifacts%20management/practicesartifacts

Deployment​

  • Azure Pipelines/CD: Automates deployment to Azure environments.

  • Bicep Templates: Infrastructure-as-code tools for provisioning Azure resources.

Read more on JTI DevOps Platform: https://devops.jti.com/docs/Tools/Azure%20DevOps/Azure%20main%20services/azurepipelines/gettingstarted

Monitoring and Observability​

  • Azure Monitor: For performance monitoring and diagnostics.

  • Application Insights: For application performance management (APM).

  • Log Analytics: For querying logs.

Read more on JTI DevOps Platform: https://devops.jti.com/docs/Practices/Observability/practicesobservability

Read more on Microsoft Learn: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/logs/log-analytics-overview

Security and Compliance​

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Documentation and Knowledge Sharing​

  • GitHub Wikis or Azure DevOps Wikis: For project documentation.

  • Markdown: The preferred format for creating lightweight documentation.

  • Docusaurus: An open-source framework for building modern, customizable documentation websites with ease.

  • D2 Diagrams: A text-based diagramming tool for creating and version-controlling diagrams with real-time rendering.