Using Visual Studio Team Services for Personal Development
Overview Microsoft provides free access to its online Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) , and for some time I've been using the service, I've wanted to restructure my code hierarchy, and recent changes in my work environment, automated build and deployment using Octopus, nudged me to finally take the task on, so in the past few weeks I've: Restructured my Code library into one big project with sub-projects for Development, Websites, and Work Developed my Work hierarchy of Epics, Features, Stories and Tasks, along with queries and sprint boards Automated all of my builds via check-in, adding extensions to evaluate code and build quality Developed a dashboard to oversee the status of work Code Library I was frustrated with the limitations of working with my code library, and after reading opinions on best practices, I settled on one big project for my code, which I assumed would make it easier to manage my time and energy, and give me a global view of my individu...