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
   

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2. !
   RELEASING AN APP
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3. ↪
   HOW WE ENDED UP HERE
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4. 4 — @basthomas
   

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5. 5 — @basthomas
   

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6. !
   STARTING THIS JOURNEY
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7. MOBILE AT XING
   > One App
   > 11 teams
   > ± 50 developers
   > Native iOS & Android
   > Releasing every week
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8. ❄
   CODE FREEZE
   8 — @basthomas
   

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9. !
   TEST
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10. !
    HOTFIX (BUT HOPEFULLY NOT)
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11. !
    REPEAT
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12. PREVIOUS SITUATION
    > iOS & Android Release handling is separated
    > Respect differences in platforms
    > Little collaboration
    > Different tooling & solutions
    ... but we were facing similar issues
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13. COMMUNICATION IS HARD
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14. MANAGING EXPECTATIONS
    AND COMMUNICATING
    ACROSS TEAMS &
    PLATFORMS
    14 — @basthomas
    

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15. KEEPING A
    HUMAN TOUCH
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16. NEW TEAM
    16 — @basthomas
    

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17. NEW
    OPPORTUNITIES
    17 — @basthomas
    

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18. 18 — @basthomas
    

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19. ! "
    INTERACTION BETWEEN US AND DEVELOPERS
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20. 20 — @basthomas
    

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21. ! "
    AGNOSTIC TOOLING
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22. !
    SHARING KNOWLEDGE & LEARNINGS
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23. !
    PLATFORM COLLABORATION
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24. !
    CONTINUING THE JOURNEY
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25. !
    PROGRESS
    25 — @basthomas
    

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26. ! "
    PROGRESS
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27. NEW SITUATION
    > Platforms are working together
    > Shared responsibility
    > Agnostic approach
    > Unified tooling & solutions
    > Improved communication
    > Open Source mindset
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28. !
    "JUST" PRESS THE BUTTON
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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
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