Tackling Continuous Releases for XING's Mobile Apps

Talk from http://githubconstellation.com/berlin/.

The final stage of submitting an app is simple – you press the button. But before arriving at that point, a lot has happened. At XING we are working on optimizing this process and have created a team dedicated to the task. Unifying the process for both Android & iOS, we are building powerful tools to manage releaseing apps on all mobile platforms.

This talk was presented at GitHub Constellation 2017 in Berlin.

Transcript

1. TACKLING CONTINUOUS RELEASES FOR XING'S MOBILE APPS BAS BROEK 1 — @basthomas
2. ! RELEASING AN APP 2 — @basthomas
3. ↪ HOW WE ENDED UP HERE 3 — @basthomas
4. 4 — @basthomas
5. 5 — @basthomas
6. ! STARTING THIS JOURNEY 6 — @basthomas
7. MOBILE AT XING > One App > 11 teams > ± 50 developers > Native iOS & Android > Releasing every week 7 — @basthomas
8. ❄ CODE FREEZE 8 — @basthomas
9. ! TEST 9 — @basthomas
10. ! HOTFIX (BUT HOPEFULLY NOT) 10 — @basthomas
11. ! REPEAT 11 — @basthomas
12. PREVIOUS SITUATION > iOS & Android Release handling is separated > Respect differences in platforms > Little collaboration > Different tooling & solutions ... but we were facing similar issues 12 — @basthomas
13. COMMUNICATION IS HARD 13 — @basthomas
14. MANAGING EXPECTATIONS AND COMMUNICATING ACROSS TEAMS & PLATFORMS 14 — @basthomas
15. KEEPING A HUMAN TOUCH 15 — @basthomas
16. NEW TEAM 16 — @basthomas
17. NEW OPPORTUNITIES 17 — @basthomas
18. 18 — @basthomas
19. ! " INTERACTION BETWEEN US AND DEVELOPERS 19 — @basthomas
20. 20 — @basthomas
21. ! " AGNOSTIC TOOLING 21 — @basthomas
22. ! SHARING KNOWLEDGE & LEARNINGS 22 — @basthomas
23. ! PLATFORM COLLABORATION 23 — @basthomas
24. ! CONTINUING THE JOURNEY 24 — @basthomas
25. ! PROGRESS 25 — @basthomas
26. ! " PROGRESS 26 — @basthomas
27. NEW SITUATION > Platforms are working together > Shared responsibility > Agnostic approach > Unified tooling & solutions > Improved communication > Open Source mindset 27 — @basthomas
28. ! "JUST" PRESS THE BUTTON 28 — @basthomas
29. THANKS! PLEASE FEEL FREE TO APPROACH ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE TOPIC - OR ANYTHING ELSE @basthomas bas.broek@xing.com 29 — @basthomas