Delivering Stable Apps (Xamarin Dev Days NYC)

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1. Xamarin Dev Days NYC Delivering Stable Apps Greg Shackles @gshackles

   greg@gregshackles.com github.com/gshackles speakerdeck.com/u/gshackles

2. Ship It A Cautionary Tale

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10. The Double-Decker Couch of Apps by Vitruvius This app is

    just…the worst.
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12. Don’t Be This Developer

13. Set Yourself Up to Deliver Awesomeness

14. Testing Approaches Authentic User Tests Simplistic Tests Rapid Iteration Long

    Cycles Beta Testing Manual Testing Unit Testing Automated UI Testing

15. Trust Me, I’m a Unit Tester

16. Real Talk There are a lot of devices out there

17. Android OpenSignal, August 2015

18. Android: API Level 14+ (Ice Cream Sandwich) and growing!

19. iOS: Growing Variety of Devices

20. Xamarin Test Cloud Test on real devices

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22. Don’t Wait for Users to Complain (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻)

23. “…only 16% of people will try a failing app more

    than twice.” Source: raygun.io/blog/2015/02/software-errors-killing-app

24. Be Proactive, Not Reactive • Most users won’t actually report

    problems • Those who do often do so through negative app reviews • Get notified as it happens, and to whom it happens • Crashes • Errors • Analytics
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26. Let’s Code Unit and UI Testing

27. Questions? Greg Shackles @gshackles greg@gregshackles.com github.com/gshackles speakerdeck.com/u/gshackles