App Center: Build, Test, Distribute and Monitor Apps in the Cloud

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Post by dstaheli » Wed, Nov 15, 2017, 3:42 PM UTC

App Center: Build, Test, Distribute and Monitor Apps in the Cloud
blogs.msdn.microsoft.com

Re: App Center: Build, Test, Distribute and Monitor Apps in the Cloud

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Post by keithba » Wed, Nov 15, 2017, 4:48 PM UTC

Hi - author of the blog post here and PM on the team!

We are very proud of what we've built here. Regardless of how you built your app (Swift, Java, React Native, Xamarin), we offer CI, releasing to your beta users and the app stores, Crash reporting, analytics, and even push messaging. Let us know your thoughts!

Re: App Center: Build, Test, Distribute and Monitor Apps in the Cloud

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Post by vdepizzol » Wed, Nov 15, 2017, 4:55 PM UTC

Product page: https://appcenter.ms

Re: App Center: Build, Test, Distribute and Monitor Apps in the Cloud

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Post by fro0116 » Wed, Nov 15, 2017, 5:09 PM UTC

Notably, support for https://github.com/Microsoft/react-native-windows, the React Native plugin for building UWP apps, is missing, which is a bit of a curious omission for a Microsoft product.

Anyone here have experience working with react-native-windows? How's the experience compared to React Native for Android/iOS?

Re: App Center: Build, Test, Distribute and Monitor Apps in the Cloud

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Post by Sujan » Wed, Nov 15, 2017, 5:22 PM UTC

keithba wrote: post #2

Hi - author of the blog post here and PM on the team! We are very proud of what we've built here. Regardless of how you built your app (Swift, Java, React Native, Xamarin), we offer CI, releasing to your beta users and the app stores, Crash reporting, analytics, and even push messaging. Let us know your thoughts!

> Regardless of how you built your app (Swift, Java, React Native, Xamarin)

Any word on Cordova support? All those Ionic apps (which uses Cordova in the background) would feel very at home at App Center...

Re: App Center: Build, Test, Distribute and Monitor Apps in the Cloud

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Post by ridruejo » Wed, Nov 15, 2017, 5:26 PM UTC

keithba wrote: post #2

Hi - author of the blog post here and PM on the team! We are very proud of what we've built here. Regardless of how you built your app (Swift, Java, React Native, Xamarin), we offer CI, releasing to your beta users and the app stores, Crash reporting, analytics, and even push messaging. Let us know your thoughts!

Very cool. Any plans to add support to server side apps for Azure?

Re: App Center: Build, Test, Distribute and Monitor Apps in the Cloud

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Post by keithba » Wed, Nov 15, 2017, 5:26 PM UTC

fro0116 wrote: post #4

Notably, support for https://github.com/Microsoft/react-native-windows , the React Native plugin for building UWP apps, is missing, which is a bit of a curious omission for a Microsoft product. Anyone here have experience working with react-native-windows? How's the experience compared to React Native for Android/iOS?

We are investigating what it would take to support RN with Windows. I'm a huge RN fan (and we include CodePush inside of App Center.) If you have a moment, shoot me an email as I'd love to ask you more about your scenarios.

Re: App Center: Build, Test, Distribute and Monitor Apps in the Cloud

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Post by CharlesW » Wed, Nov 15, 2017, 5:28 PM UTC

keithba wrote: post #2

Hi - author of the blog post here and PM on the team! We are very proud of what we've built here. Regardless of how you built your app (Swift, Java, React Native, Xamarin), we offer CI, releasing to your beta users and the app stores, Crash reporting, analytics, and even push messaging. Let us know your thoughts!

This seems…great?

Why did Microsoft create this? Specifically, I'm not interested in the "because we love developers" story, I'm interested in the "this is strategic for Microsoft now and for the next decade because" story.

Re: App Center: Build, Test, Distribute and Monitor Apps in the Cloud

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Post by Sujan » Wed, Nov 15, 2017, 5:36 PM UTC

Sujan wrote: post #5

keithba wrote: post #2

Hi - author of the blog post here and PM on the team! We are very proud of what we've built here. Regardless of how you built your app (Swift, Java, React Native, Xamarin), we offer CI, releasing to your beta users and the app stores, Crash reporting, analytics, and even push messaging. Let us know your thoughts!

> Regardless of how you built your app (Swift, Java, React Native, Xamarin) Any word on Cordova support? All those Ionic apps (which uses Cordova in the background) would feel very at home at App Center...

Oh, just saw that https://appcenter.ms mentions Cordova:

> Even more! macOS, tvOS and Cordova

But can't find it inside...

Re: App Center: Build, Test, Distribute and Monitor Apps in the Cloud

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Post by keithba » Wed, Nov 15, 2017, 5:36 PM UTC

CharlesW wrote: post #8

keithba wrote: post #2

Hi - author of the blog post here and PM on the team! We are very proud of what we've built here. Regardless of how you built your app (Swift, Java, React Native, Xamarin), we offer CI, releasing to your beta users and the app stores, Crash reporting, analytics, and even push messaging. Let us know your thoughts!

This seems…great? Why did Microsoft create this? Specifically, I'm not interested in the "because we love developers" story, I'm interested in the "this is strategic for Microsoft now and for the next decade because" story.

The team is extremely passionate about creating developer productivity tools. App Center's creators include the founders of HockeyApp, Xamarin Test Cloud, and CodePush. This is something we were all iterating towards individually, and when we met up at Microsoft, we realized we now had the team and ability to make it happen.

Microsoft is very serious about creating amazing developer tool across any app, platform, and language for a variety of reasons. Making Azure the most productive place to power your app is part of it, of course. But, in the long run, the easier we make development, the more the world benefits.