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
10. The Double-Decker Couch of Apps by Vitruvius This app is just…the worst.
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
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
26. Let’s Code Unit and UI Testing
27. Questions? Greg Shackles @gshackles greg@gregshackles.com github.com/gshackles speakerdeck.com/u/gshackles