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New TFS book soon available: Team Foundation Server 2013 Customization
Never ceases to amaze me how some of our community rock stars are able to discover and do so much with almost no contact with the Team Foundation Server development team…And just to make sure this phenomena doesn’t make sense; there also seems to be an inverse relationship with these folks and their remoteness! In either case from my interactions with Gordon and knowing some of the books inspiration came from another community icon, Tiago Pascoal, Gordon’s soon to be available book: “Team Foundation Server 2013 Customization†will definitely be on my wish list! Thanks Gordon! About the author: Gordon Beeming Gordon Beeming is an energetic and passionate person who always strives to find ways to increase and improve the productivity and friendliness of the systems he works with. He has been a software developer for a little over five years. In this time, he has also gained strong experience in TFS and is a part of the ALM Rangers. He currently works for Derivco, which is a very unique company to work for, based in Durban, South Africa. Table of Contents Chapter 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 Chapter 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 Chapter 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 Chapter 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  Chapter 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 Chapter 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 http://www.packtpub.com/team-foundation-server-2013-customization/book
Never ceases to amaze me how some of our community rock stars are able to discover and do so much with almost no contact with the Team Foundation Server development team…And just to make sure this phenomena doesn’t make sense; there also seems to be an inverse relationship with these folks and their remoteness! In either case from my interactions with Gordon and knowing some of the books inspiration came from another community icon, Tiago Pascoal, Gordon’s soon to be available book: “Team Foundation Server 2013 Customization†will definitely be on my wish list! Thanks Gordon! About the author: Gordon Beeming Gordon Beeming is an energetic and passionate person who always strives to find ways to increase and improve the productivity and friendliness of the systems he works with. He has been a software developer for a little over five years. In this time, he has also gained strong experience in TFS and is a part of the ALM Rangers. He currently works for Derivco, which is a very unique company to work for, based in Durban, South Africa. Table of Contents Chapter 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 Chapter 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 Chapter 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 Chapter 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  Chapter 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 Chapter 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 http://www.packtpub.com/team-foundation-server-2013-customization/book
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