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Microsoft’s view on Apps and DevOps. MS Build 2018

Keynote by Joe Belfore focused on the two major platforms of Microsoft i.e. Office 365 and Azure.

O365 next step is the focus on multiple devices and multi-sense. The basis for interconnecting devices is the MS Graph. It is an Azure backed data store that holds information provided by Microsoft Apps and it is used to transfer information between apps to get a better overall user experience. Microsoft wants developers to integrate every App they write with MS Graph as the more data the merrier. Good user experience is driven by rich user context. Continue reading →

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Tearing Down the Application Development Fortress

A plea for multi-disciplined development teams

Introduction

Creating applications is a multi-skill effort that comes with a set of challenges. For an average sized application there are 5 skills involved:

  • Graphical design
  • Business analysis
  • Application development
  • Software testing
  • System operations

… not even taken into account other stakeholders like end-users, DBA’s, enterprise architects, security officers, project and program managers, change management, user experience design …

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