{"id":1305,"date":"2017-06-23T01:01:29","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T18:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/mobilecenter\/?p=1305"},"modified":"2019-02-16T15:30:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-16T22:30:47","slug":"altconf-wwdc-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/altconf-wwdc-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"AltConf \/ WWDC Wrap-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Visual Studio Mobile Center is now Visual Studio App Center. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vsappcenter\/introducing-visual-studio-app-center\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Learn more here<\/em><\/a>.<\/em>\n&nbsp;\nWe just wrapped up four days in San Jose for AltConf 2017, and we had a fantastic time. We shared some information, learned an awful lot from attendees, and had a blast along the way. Here are some of the highlights.\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\u201cAutomate all the @#$% tasks and release more often\u201d with Ryan J. Salva\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1335\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Speaking Sessions<\/h2>\n<p>We got to present three sessions to several hundred attendees. Ryan J. Salva spoke about how iOS developers could automate their way to productivity, Craig Dunn demoed our brand-new Visual Studio for Mac, and Simina Pasat and Luke Kim showed how to build an integrated pipeline for builds, tests, beta distribution, and release management. Thanks to everyone who attended the sessions, and thank you for all your feedback.<\/p>\n<h2>The Booth<\/h2>\n<p>We had a lot of fantastic interaction with developers at the booth. Many attendees had never heard of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.visualstudio.com\/vs\/mobile-center\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mobile Center<\/a>, so it was a great opportunity to get a fresh perspective on what we\u2019re building. Some popular questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWill it really work with Swift apps?\u201d (Of course! We actually supported native iOS apps written in Swift and\/or Obj-C before any other languages or frameworks.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAre those UI tests are running on emulators?\u201d (Nope. Not even one. We have more than 2700 real iOS and Android devices in our data centers)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHow do you build apps without a Mac?\u201d (Magic. And some dedicated Mac build agents in the cloud.)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIs this really a Microsoft thing?\u201d (It really, really is. Really.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"Demoing Mobile Center\" width=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1326\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We also got some questions about our roadmap (\u201cLaunching later this year!\u201d) and pricing (\u201cVery, very soon\u201d), and a ton of offers to provide more detailed feedback. <strong>Please<\/strong> do. We\u2019re building this for you, and if you don\u2019t like it, we don\u2019t like it.<\/p>\n<h2>The Party<\/h2>\n<p>If there\u2019s anything devs love more than a fully-automated CI\/CD pipeline, it\u2019s probably beer. More than 200 devs joined us for happy hours Tuesday and Thursday. It was a terrific opportunity to dive in deeper on your feedback and feature requests, but also a fun way to just meet other developers who want to do the same thing we do\u200a\u2014\u200achange the world with mobile apps.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"It was really more of a Happy Hour and a half\u2026\" width=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1315\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And because it\u2019s so awesome, a bonus pic of Jayme Singleton showing our youngest future developers how to control robotic spiders with a Xamarin app:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"Jayme Singleton with a young attendee\" width=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1316\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks so much to everyone who came, and don\u2019t wait until next year to stay in touch. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mobile.azure.com\/login\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up for Mobile Center now<\/a> and let us know what you think!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visual Studio Mobile Center is now Visual Studio App Center. 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